Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] [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 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 4 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The prosecution alleged the teenager was driven off in a car and threatened with drowning in a lake unless he gave them information about the burglary . |
| 7 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 8 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Then I was in the hospital for a fortnight and they gave me Librium and I was really ill at that time . |
| 11 | And I told y I said to y er before he did that I said , would it cause a client a problem if we gave them back some money ? |
| 12 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |