Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] [vb -s] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’ |
| 2 | Do you know what if we come up tonight cos erm a woman came to the door , a woman came to the door this afternoon and she 's given us a Walkman with a microphone on it and we 've to tape all the conversations with it |
| 3 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 4 | After every fight , he says , he thinks about retirement and he intends to give it more consideration that usual in the New Year , vowing that when he quits he 'll do so as world champion . |
| 5 | They says , right , he says , I 've got a I 've got a problem with alcohol and he 's given us the valium to get us off the alcohol . |
| 6 | Wales coach Alan Davies admitted : ‘ John Eales 's absence will certainly disrupt Australia and it does give us a bit of an extra chance of winning some line-out ball . |
| 7 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 8 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 9 | I told you to stay with your grandfather till you had repaid the love and care-he has given you . |
| 10 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
| 11 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 12 | Just been to a friend 's house and he 's given me a nice cup of tea and a little drop of brandy and that I did enjoy it |