Example sentences of "[pron] gave [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
2 | They took me to West End Central and , instead of telling them what had really happened , I gave them a story . |
3 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
4 | I gave them a sense of pride . |
5 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
6 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
7 | I gave them a three-minute start then Bogartishly gunned my heap . |
8 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
9 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
10 | Not wanting to offend , I gave them a try and ended up almost throwing the box away , but instead I put them aside in a small corner of my studio . |
11 | I gave them a cup of Ruski čaj [ Russian tea ] , and that made them very , very happy , ’ |
12 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
13 | I gave them a good show , with my writhings and moanings . |
14 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
15 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
16 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
17 | I gave them a was it this term ? |
18 | I gave them a right across Cheshire from that . |
19 | Well he said on that tape , I gave them a fat cheque of six thousand pounds . |
20 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
21 | I gave them a choice . |
22 | Of course , I gave them the warmest spot in the garden , against my only south-facing wall . |
23 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
24 | I gave them the address where he was living . |
25 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |
26 | When Victor and I gave them the slip at Victoria station they knew we were onto them . |
27 | I gave them the keys . |
28 | She added : ‘ I gave them the bag and then they ran off . |
29 | I gave them the afternoon and she said , Oh that was lovely Mrs . |
30 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |