Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 2 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 3 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 4 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 5 | He retained an affection for Paris and a gratitude for the intellectual advantages that it had given him to which he later referred as pope . |
| 6 | All that he had to give her with his mind and body was sucked out of him into her . |
| 7 | Several women friends of Waddell said that he had given them within days of the murder large sums of money ; and a barman to whom Waddell had given £1000 for safe keeping said Waddell had told him he had won a packet on the horses . |
| 8 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 9 | I gave it to Mrs Barrymore , and she promised to give it to him at once . ’ |
| 10 | And they , they , sort of the panel met , and they decided to give it to her , because hers was the nearest to a result . |
| 11 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 12 | He had given her the capital for the first one on their twentieth wedding anniversary , when he had already bought a Georgian pendant that he dearly wished her to have , but before he chanced giving it to her he had asked her what she would like , and she told him . |
| 13 | Christine paused most meaningfully … ‘ she said as you had given it to her , sir . |