Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] give [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I have just given my chaplain a good rap across the knuckles ; that will teach him to make remarks like , ‘ And Master Daunbey had good knowledge of fools , having you as a servant . ’ ) |
| 2 | I have already given my ruling on that and said exactly what the hon. Member should do about it . |
| 3 | She has always given her time to support publication of her books , though she sometimes has doubts about how publicisable a novelist can be . |
| 4 | Her voice trailed away as she realised , from the other woman 's beaming smile of relief , that she 'd inadvertently given her hostess quite the wrong impression . |
| 5 | She had just given her body — so long and so carefully guarded — for a length of brown satin . |
| 6 | Abolitionists who had earlier given their commitment to an integrated movement still hoped to avoid open conflict despite these tensions . |
| 7 | We owe this both to the two teams of experienced science teachers responsible for the survey , which we direct , and to the several hundred science teachers who have generously given their time and advice to our teams . |
| 8 | He 'd probably given her pleasure with his tantrum . |
| 9 | But he had also given her time to think what she was doing . |