Example sentences of "a [noun] and [pron] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went on a school trip to a museum and we gave her our little camera which I could never use . |
| 2 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 3 | For instance , I recall one evening he came to me and took out a matchbox and he gave it a couple of shakes ; I thought there were matches inside , hut he opened the box and inside were some very evil-looking pills , about the size of , or a little larger , than a Beecham 's pill . |
| 4 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 5 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 6 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |