Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like many of the heroes of his novels — notably Moira , recently reissued in English by Quartet Books — he is someone who gave himself over to pleasure in his youth , travelling endlessly in search of new sensations , both enslaved to sensuality and contemptuous of it — in his own words , ‘ crucified by sex ’ . |
| 2 | Jim said : ‘ We would like to thank everyone who gave their money and encouragement . ’ |
| 3 | After that case was also adjourned , Chris , from Grantham , Lincs , said : ‘ I hope everyone who gave us presents does n't do the same . |
| 4 | I just hope everyone who gave us presents does n't do the same . |
| 5 | It was one I gave him — a bit loud , a sort of burnt orange . |
| 6 | I did shock him with one answer , cos he he was expecting a totally different answer to the one I gave him which was correct , and you know that is unusual for me , but er I did shock him with one , but other than that it was erm it was er an excellent input all the way through the day , and they explained the differences and why they er approved some products and not the others , things like that , it was er spot on . |
| 7 | ‘ The one I gave you for Christmas ? ’ |
| 8 | Is the way you go about a task exactly the same as that one I gave you the other day . |
| 9 | The one I gave you last week ? |
| 10 | Log , that 's the one I gave you on Monday morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't need gratitude for something which gave me such infinite pleasure . |
| 12 | So for its first half-century , after Weisthenes , the Athenian Council was an unpaid elected body , something which gave it an elite character which it may never wholly have lost . |
| 13 | One of the main processes in training a bird , and one which gave me a few problems , is known by falconers as ‘ manning ’ . |
| 14 | It was almost a religious conviction he had , and one which gave him the courage to carry out his plans . |
| 15 | The Treaty of Brètigny provided for this , and a treaty which the French appeared for the moment willing to accept was a much more substantial victory for Edward than one which gave him a vast area on paper but which the French would be bound to resist . |
| 16 | For example , in Variation 5 of the above-quoted work , Bach kept all intervals true in the successive canons by inversion at the 6th , 3rd , 2nd , and 9th — a Herculean task , and surely one which gave him some satisfaction . |
| 17 | Moreover , traditional family networks not only offered the elderly relative a place , but one which gave them an important and respected role within the family group . |
| 18 | Yet , Bauthumley felt his own humble social position was one which gave his voice special importance : |
| 19 | Was n't it or something you gave me ? |
| 20 | ‘ I showed him my brooch — the one you gave me for my birthday — and I asked him about his birthday . |
| 21 | ‘ The one you gave me on account , remember ? ’ |
| 22 | Flexibility , oh that was the one you gave me , yes . |
| 23 | And the one you gave us . |
| 24 | ‘ My , he was , the man who , the one who gave it to me , ’ Martha says . |
| 25 | Rodrigo was yet but a youth , and the Count was a mighty man in arms , one who gave his voice first in the Cortes , and was held to be the best in the war , and so powerful that he had a thousand friends among the mountains . |
| 26 | I must have been partly stupefied by something they gave me . |
| 27 | Akram added : ‘ I do n't know why they changed the ball but I am glad they did because the one they gave us was newer and in better condition than the previous one . ’ |
| 28 | Mark smiled and said ‘ She would eat anything you gave her , I 've never known an animal like it in my life . ’ |