Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I became fully aware of this , I gave all of my fashionable new clothes to ‘ Oxfam ’ and fished out my old blue jeans and ‘ sloppy joe ’ jumper which I had nearly thrown out only a few weeks before . |
| 2 | ‘ I gave that to him with a sleán ! ’ |
| 3 | " I gave some of it to Eileen and tried to double the rest at roulette . |
| 4 | " Ask for anything you like , because you gave some of your fruit to the poor beggar . " |
| 5 | ‘ He was an affectionate man , but she gave little in return . |
| 6 | Before she left , she gave each of the three girls her task for the evening : one was to make lace , one to knit stockings , and Vasilissa was to spin . |
| 7 | She gave much of her own time to helping those encountering problems with their studies through individual tuition at her home , frequently during the summer months in preparation for autumn courses . |
| 8 | She gave much of her time and energy to everything in which she became involved . |
| 9 | She gave another of her smiles . |
| 10 | But she gave most of it to a charity promoting adult literacy , living instead on the £115,000 presidential salary . |
| 11 | Well at least they gave some to some old concentration |
| 12 | They gave these as reasons under the anonymity of a questionnaire . |
| 13 | But he gave much of his time to them and showered them with expensive gifts . |
| 14 | He gave some of them to Tam in the process . |
| 15 | He gave most of his collection , which Western experts valued at fabulous sums , as a gift to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 16 | The two-parter was also fun as it gave all of us a chance to act in conflict and be a bit more expansive , because otherwise , if you think about it , all we were doing most of the time was feeding lines to other people . ’ |