Example sentences of "[conj] gave it [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He then scattered it on pub floors or gave it to friends to buy drugs .
2 Cameron folded the paper and gave it to James Menzies .
3 Aileen Gillies was all brisk agreement as she wrapped up some food in a cloth and gave it to them while her husband busied himself with laying the fire .
4 He finished typing , took the paper from the machine and gave it to her .
5 The elderly woman separated a skein of red silk from the bundle in her lap and gave it to her .
6 She unwound it and gave it to him .
7 His Dad pulled the arrow off the door and gave it to him .
8 He pulled a Marathon out of his pocket and gave it to Philip .
9 Lee took it out of his pocket and gave it to Philip .
10 He took a ten shilling note from his trouser pocket and gave it to Gloria .
11 Mungo walked across and gave it to him .
12 He took off his glove , signed it and gave it to the boy .
13 He ran down the corridor to fetch his own letter home and gave it to Murray , taking this small offer of service as a token that their friendship would continue .
14 But when Lucius Titius survived his will he sold his office , exacted a price , and gave it to the person to whom in his will he wished the office or its price to be given .
15 In 1739 , he bought a small estate called Drumdow near Trabboch , in Ayrshire , and gave it to Hugh and Bel McGuire .
16 Susan scribbled the postcard and gave it to her with a sigh .
17 From it she took a shilling and gave it to Sarah .
18 Mercer produced a key and gave it to me , explaining that I would come to a locked door .
19 He nodded at the reply he heard , took off the headset and gave it to me .
20 Elizabeth Mowbray poured a little wine into a silver cup and gave it to her .
21 He had packed his own things ; with fingers that trembled slightly , he unstrapped the case , took out his brush , and gave it to her .
22 Mrs Stych noted carefully all the ‘ day core ’ , as she called it , while she removed her coat and gave it to Mrs Murphy to hang up .
23 For example , a boy under 10 years , the age of criminal responsibility , took his friend 's bicycle home and gave it to his father .
24 He bought the rock and gave it to me .
25 I said yes and gave it to him .
26 ‘ Never again ’ I said and gave it to my sister-in-law ( she 's a big girl ) and I felt glad to see the back of it .
27 ‘ I brought it up , ’ said Linda , and gave it to him .
28 He walked around the desk and gave it to Michael .
29 He refilled her glass and gave it to her .
30 ‘ He 'd been wearing this over the shirt he wore for the sitting , ’ Edwards said , ‘ and at the end of the last sitting just as he was leaving , as an afterthought , he said , ‘ Oh you better have this ’ and took it off and gave it to me , like the end of a football match . ’
  Next page