Example sentences of "and give her the " in BNC.

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1 He had encouraged and praised her , bullied her a little when she needed bullying , and given her the love and support that had made her feel , even in the darkest moments of self-doubt , that she could rise above all the problems and emerge triumphant .
2 Porter , one of the country 's most respected authorities on paediatrics , had taken a shy Puerto Rican intern called Carmen Rodriguez under his wing twenty years ago and given her the confidence to start up her own practice soon after graduating from medical school , and she was now one of New York 's most popular and in demand paediatricians .
3 ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’
4 I find them easy enough , and give her the bottle .
5 A white woman asks for a bath , and they go and give her the key to the bathroom , things like that .
6 I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’
7 The British Government lifted red tape restrictions so that a charity here could fly in the eight-month-old girl , and give her the best chance of survival .
8 I used to have to go back up , after the supper and give her the and I had to go back up and turn London 's Burning on then I used to have to go back up to turn it off
9 Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave .
10 When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story .
11 Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel .
12 Radio controller John Fletcher grabbed four-month-old Lauren McNamara and gave her the kiss of life as her face turned blue from lack of oxygen .
13 She told me how she wrote several letters to her home complaining of the punishment she was given and begging to be taken away but she received no reply until one day her brother paid her a visit and gave her the news that their parents were both dead .
14 Only then was she aware of the telegraphist who sat beside her , who smiled and gave her the thumbs-up sign .
15 The source alleged that in the recording — said to be a phone conversation during 1989 — the man called Di ‘ darling ’ and gave her the nickname ‘ Squidgy . ’
16 Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing .
17 I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth .
18 She dialled the unlisted number , identified herself to Sarah at UNACO headquarters , and gave her the number of the phone to call back .
19 ‘ Listen , Kate , maybe someone took her there and gave her the drugs … . ’
20 When leaving on his epic journey around the world , Phileas Fogg encountered a begging woman with her child at Charing Cross Station and gave her the proceeds of his recent success at whist .
21 Rose supplied McAllister with the damp towelling squares , and she alternately wiped Effie 's forehead , and gave her the towelling to bite on when the pains came strong and fast .
22 He cleared the summerhouse so she would have a studio , and gave her the only key .
23 I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting .
24 He hesitated before her a moment , and then he took her hands and bent his head , and gave her the solemn kiss of kinship ; and before she could draw breath and touch her astonished fingers to her lips , he was out of the paddock and away across the clearing into the trees .
25 Her most recent purchase — a transparent black coat over a long wrap skirt from Jigsaw , topped off with a dramatic black hat from La Beau Chapeau in Belfast — is destined for a wedding , and gives her the look of a modern day Mary Poppins in mourning .
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