Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 2 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |
| 3 | At Christmas I give Otley my turkey and he gives me his Brussels sprouts . |
| 4 | Nicky loves it when Squeak cleans her , right , my rats and she gives it and Nicky 's getting all and there 's Squeak going |
| 5 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 6 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 7 | Elaine did n't register my birth before she gave me to Mum , and no one seemed to know anything about her , or where she was from . |
| 8 | ‘ But , until we do , you can make yourself useful by binding up this hole in my arm before I give you the pleasure of bleeding to death . ’ |
| 9 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 10 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 11 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 12 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
| 13 | Her husband 's lovemaking was gentle and restrained compared to the fierce passion which now engulfed all her senses as she gave herself utterly and completely in an explosion of abandonment . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 16 | a Chinese girl she 's living in it , in a kind of a real dive of loft thing to do her art and she gives him the odd painting instead of paying rent . |
| 17 | She could feel his heartbeat against her breast and it gave her a feeling of longing she had never experienced before . |
| 18 | Frankenstein created a man but he was so disgusted by its sight that he gave it no name . |
| 19 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 20 | Oh as they come out to Asda they said they found her bag and they give her our Pam 's phone number and rung up and thanked our she said there 's full of stuff money and all in there and thanked her for what she 'd done and our Pam said fair enough I would you know |
| 21 | Wilson knew she was being patronised if not mocked outright , but no trace of expression crossed her face and it gave her satisfaction that she knew it did not . |
| 22 | At the Red Cross warehouse , we were met by Stoyaeka who drove us to her house where she gave us a meal of soup , bread , stew and dumplings , all washed down with a very palatable local red wine . |
| 23 | She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave . |
| 24 | He gave us his story and we gave him ours . |
| 25 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 26 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 27 | This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up . |
| 28 | Surely , do we know if we receive him and believe in his name and he gave us the power to become |
| 29 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 30 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |