Example sentences of "and she gave [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And she gave her young brother a hug .
2 Elizabeth said she would like to see copies of these letters , and she gave them to Mrs Spurling — this , I think , justifies the presence of Braemar letters here .
3 They showed this to Auntie Lou and she gave them a frame so that they could hang it in their bedroom , but they did n't look at it much .
4 The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection .
5 The little group of guests gathered at the bottom looked marginally startled by her somewhat unorthodox behaviour , and she gave them a lame smile .
6 She told some of the other mothers he 'd died , but she was n't a good liar , and she gave them different reasons for his death .
7 She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave .
8 And she gave her a packet of sunflower seeds .
9 and she gave her iced buns .
10 After tea we would sometimes walk round their garden , and she gave me tips on gardening which have since stood me in good stead ; and cuttings , which still bring her to my mind .
11 Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring .
12 Rosalind said it must go tonight , and she gave me three pence for a lolly to stamp it and post it . ’
13 And she gave me a significant look .
14 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 .
15 PEP Guide editor Roz Barder is closer to the market than most , and she gave me her views on what to follow in 1993 .
16 I asked why and she gave me a reply I had n't expected .
17 And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’
18 And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’
19 We talked and prayed to God , and she gave me her letter to her son , James .
20 Er I said , No , and she gave me a letter to take down there you see .
21 Mrs Chamberlin has more than a dozen and she gave me such beautiful eggs to bring home .
22 So I went back to the lady doctor and she gave me a cream and some tablets .
23 One is she 's very interested in the occult , erm , she actually practices tarot card readings , and what she calls the crystal oracle , and she gave me a brief explanation , which is throwing a load of rocks up a cloth er , but I 'm not going to push me
24 And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said .
25 you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost
26 Right , the problem is that I ca n't seem to get through on the telephone , I phoned and her secretary came back and said you 've to phone and she gave me a guy 's name like and I got a number for him so I phoned it , ah he works in our Edinburgh office I phoned the Edinburgh office .
27 yeah , I got f I got , my total marks I could 've got was fifty eight and I got fifty four and she gave me a C and she said must improve your marks .
28 Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous
29 ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look .
30 And she gave him a bleak little smile and put a plate of hot rolls on the table .
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