Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 2 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 3 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 4 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 5 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 6 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
| 7 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 8 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 9 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 10 | Gradually he removed his concentration and gave it to me . |
| 11 | Out by the pool she found a girl who greeted her warmly and , delving into the recesses of her knapsack , brought out a box of nougat and gave it to her . |
| 12 | One of Charles Tennant 's business partners was a young Glasgow chemist called Charles Mackintosh , the man who later gained world-wide recognition for his invention of a waterproof fabric and gave his name to a raincoat made of the material . |
| 13 | He said the men made Mrs Kennedy phone Ulster Television and ask for cameras but then agreed to speak to a priest and gave themselves up . |
| 14 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 15 | Angela stripe , co-owner of Clayton-Stripe International and a former member of Britain 's World Cup team , took one Madonna look-alike and gave her five fab hairstyles ! |
| 16 | Gilfach Iago and Inclino Top continued like clockwork and gave us no surprises . |
| 17 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 18 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 19 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 20 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
| 21 | He bought the rock and gave it to me . |
| 22 | He balanced the empty whisky glass on the window-sill and gave his nose a last wipe , pocketing his hanky . |
| 23 | As their eyes met , Yanto sensed a spart of recognition and gave her a broad smile to help her recollect . |
| 24 | The elderly woman separated a skein of red silk from the bundle in her lap and gave it to her . |
| 25 | She lifted a large saucepan of eggs from on top of the hot range and gave one to each person . |
| 26 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 27 | Now how would he feel if he contracted the virus from a freak accident at work and gave it to his wife and child just because we had failed to test him ? ’ |
| 28 | She pressed her nose to the window and gave him a wave . |
| 29 | Morgan dipped in a little bow and gave her his best smile . |
| 30 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |