Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] i gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er of course I gave up that and went er when I went on to the council . |
| 2 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ To the preparation of both courses of lectures I gave far more attention than I had latterly been giving at Durham . ’ |
| 4 | And I 'd like you , if you have n't destroyed them totally , to use the little piece of paper I gave to you all . |
| 5 | This piece of information I gave him with a triumphant smile . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're wearing that ridiculous outfit , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I do n't know why you 're telling all these things to Malik and telling him about things I gave you as a present . ’ |
| 7 | In March I gave the whole of the plot a dressing of blood , fish and bone fertiliser . |
| 8 | In Committee I gave a list of the bus stations in town and city centres in England that had been sold off similarly to , although rather less spectacularly than , the station in Southampton . |
| 9 | While he was in school I gave him every chance I could to play before an audience , both in the school and in the local YMCA . |
| 10 | I dared not even glance at " Happy " , but to add insult to injury I gave the order " About turn ! " and they repeated the gazelle-like jump even better than the first time . |
| 11 | At Scunthorpe I gave my first performance just after half-time — a blast of Star Wars . |