Example sentences of "[subord] they gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 2 | Back on the recovery ship , they opened the hatch and there was Ham with his arms crossed , looking gloriously bored by the whole episode , so they gave him an apple ! |
| 3 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 4 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |
| 5 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 6 | all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one |
| 7 | They twice tried owning houses but found it too expensive so they gave them away , and Charles refused to accept any of his estranged father 's estate . |
| 8 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 9 | IMC could , but there was no legal way to transfer information — so they gave me a virus and I implanted it into the starsuits . |
| 10 | The professors realized that I was doing very important work , and so they gave me my own laboratory . |
| 11 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 12 | But the others did n't want an entirely new hand on the helm , so they gave it back to Poher . |
| 13 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 14 | Pity they did n't postcard ones were n't it , so they gave it . |
| 15 | Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps . |
| 16 | Anyway , so they gave us a bottle of wine . |
| 17 | ‘ If they gave me more money , I suppose . |
| 18 | If they gave me a first , I would go to Cambridge . |
| 19 | He was willing , if they gave him a suitable hostage to ensure their good faith , to allow Berwick ten more days of siege , whereafter , if they were not relieved by the so-called Regent , they must surrender . |
| 20 | You see the i it was er we used to make curtains then for Littlewoods , Littlewoods as it is now , they 're still , you know , the they were about the forerunners of the er tt this er catalogue business , and if they gave us an order that would last us a long time , and that usually the eight points , which was meant to say there were eight threads to an inch . |
| 21 | There was a lot of support from your colleagues if you were in trouble for the very reason that they knew if they gave you help , you 'd automatically give it them . |
| 22 | If they gave you ten sums , you were allowed to get only one wrong . |
| 23 | But if they gave you a toy made in Japan , you wondered . ’ |
| 24 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 25 | We all kept our place but we all It was As I said , just as if they gave you credit for what you could do . |
| 26 | He then commanded the eunuchs to light a fire under the cauldron , and did not retire until they gave him to understand that his wretched victim was no more . |
| 27 | In one of his rare public reflective moments , he looked back on the three women in his early life , Mud , Lorraine and June , with gratitude because they gave him a good start , independence and the belief that he could always take care of himself , come what may . |
| 28 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 29 | Till they gave it back . |
| 30 | About two years since they gave me that . |