Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave them the address where he was living . |
| 2 | I gave them the keys . |
| 3 | When Victor and I gave them the slip at Victoria station they knew we were onto them . |
| 4 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 5 | I gave them the afternoon and she said , Oh that was lovely Mrs . |
| 6 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |
| 7 | She added : ‘ I gave them the bag and then they ran off . |
| 8 | I thought I told you I gave her the boot . |
| 9 | I gave her the cheque in the bedroom . |
| 10 | You know I gave her the ultimatum like you can come with us but damn well I would n't have let her come . |
| 11 | I told her I 'd be in the Maple Leaf in Covent Garden until about nine , then down in Fulham and I gave her the address of the party and told her to ask for Louise . |
| 12 | I gave her the carrier and watched her jaunty backview disappear with it into the crowds , and I was more and more sure that what she was carrying was harmless . |
| 13 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 14 | I gave her the number and hung up feeling baulked of my escape , almost as if I 'd expected that the thing could be done now , tonight . |
| 15 | In fact , I gave her the bum 's rush — although it was quite inadvertent . |
| 16 | ‘ I gave her the kiss of life and massaged her heart . |
| 17 | The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved . |
| 18 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 19 | Then I gave him the slip and came to London . ’ |
| 20 | I gave him the rest of it . |
| 21 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 22 | I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole . |
| 23 | " I gave him the idea , " Timothy said , " when I told him about my dad . |
| 24 | I gave him the money and they told me to walk on and not look back because they would be following me . |
| 25 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 26 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 27 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 28 | I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year . |
| 29 | I gave him the option to come but explained that he would n't be involved . |
| 30 | I gave him the wish I had decided was most appropriate for South America . |