Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] give [pers pn] back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 2 | Greimas maps onto his diagram Propp 's basic narrative chiasmus : traitor ravishes king 's daughter and transfers her elsewhere to hide her , hero finds somewhere king 's daughter and gives her back to her parents . |
| 3 | ‘ The war , the war , the bloody war ! ’ said Comfort , screwing up his handkerchief and giving it back to him . |
| 4 | I had a phone call from so she said to me come down to the admin , so I went down and she 'd opened the letter and give it back to us . |
| 5 | Could I ask Bauer , I wondered , if he would keep it in his office and give it back to us when he had to leave ? |
| 6 | I put it carefully back in its envelope and gave it back to Dinwiddie , who slipped it into the pile . |