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

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1 ‘ I took a bowl of water and I gave it hirin , as if it was my father , or my brother , ’ said Kalchu .
2 You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you .
3 ‘ It was only a postcard photo and I gave it spirituality , animation and took it to another vocabulary ’ .
4 ‘ The prime minister asked for it and I gave it , ’ he said of his resignation .
5 I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed .
6 thank you and I gave it to Dorothy .
7 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
8 Bought my Paradise Lost in a second hand book and I ga , shop , and I gave it to Marion .
9 Instead of a telling-off , with time to put things right , TDC found itself under a much more strict court order with which it could not negotiate and which gave it little flexibility .
10 He asked you for life , and you gave it to him —
11 He said , ‘ And today , the King himself exacted this promise , and you gave it ? ’
12 " I love the idea of that sort of gift , because it 's so special and you always remember where it came from and who gave it to you . "
13 And she gave it to you . ’
14 Although momentarily tempted by the seductively rich chocolate dessert Sabrina 's willpower held firm and she gave it to Graham .
15 The sensation sharpened and she gave it more attention .
16 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 .
17 The computer bleeped at her indignantly , and she gave it a mutinous scowl .
18 Evette , she brought er a green thing A round thing and she gave it to one of the ladies , I can not remember which one .
19 There was only one answer to give , and she gave it .
20 Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them .
21 and we gave it to the erm school at over Downing Drive
22 The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it .
23 and they gave it .
24 She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her .
25 His parents were indignant when they discovered about it and he gave it up through respect for their views .
26 Years later he found a diary he had kept as a schoolboy in 1940 , two years before I became really aware of him , and he gave it to me .
27 But he had an address for you , and he gave it to me …
28 ‘ Yes , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ we witnessed the will and he gave it to us to look after it … ’
29 The top came off and he gave it to Emmie .
30 For instance , I recall one evening he came to me and took out a matchbox and he gave it a couple of shakes ; I thought there were matches inside , hut he opened the box and inside were some very evil-looking pills , about the size of , or a little larger , than a Beecham 's pill .
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