Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we 've got a little few earmarked funds left over like for instance , Theakston 's Brewery gave us the barrels and they gave us two and a half thousand pounds . |
| 2 | I consoled myself ; for if it is not possible to be free , perhaps to be hidden is the next best thing , and Lili 's presence gave me , as the hours went by , the feeling that I was growing less visible . |
| 3 | And Joe 's mum give me mostly pound coins and get it changed for a ten pound note . |
| 4 | Penry 's displeasure gave her a sudden , desperate longing to get back to wherever — and more importantly whoever — she belonged . |
| 5 | John , as a child , loved dressing up ; he and his friends played with old clothes kept in a big trunk , and his cousin Petrie writes that the costumes of his father 's club gave him opportunities to indulge in this game . |
| 6 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 7 | A brief look at the content of the women 's programme gives us a flavour of how homosexuality was represented : a good deal of time was devoted to an interview with Steve , a prospective female-to-male transsexual ( displaying a common confusion with homosexuality and transsexuality ) . |
| 8 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |
| 9 | ‘ Remember , the new Children 's Act gives them rights too and a court will usually consider that it is in the child 's interest to know both parents where possible and reasonable . ’ |
| 10 | Durance 's indignation gave him power , it was as though he actually grew in physical stature . |
| 11 | ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’ |
| 12 | Saturday 's quintet gave him the remarkable tally of 15 wins from the 35 races run on the Flat in Ireland in 1992 . |
| 13 | Even in the early years , Piper 's percentage gave him $8,000 a year , making him amongst the highest paid men in Australia . |
| 14 | That was puzzling Claudia , but a moment 's reflection gave her the answer . |
| 15 | ‘ For God 's sake give me a drink , Kit . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And for heaven 's sake give me that paperknife . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ For Pete 's sake give me a lift . |
| 18 | For God 's sake give it up . |
| 19 | My choice of topic for this evening 's lecture gave me some cause for hesitation . |
| 20 | Kate 's local women 's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty . |
| 21 | Passage of the new measure ( which had already been approved by the Senate in September 1989 ) precipitated an unprecedented constitutional crisis because of King Baudouin 's refusal to give it the royal assent . |
| 22 | What is more , de Man argues , metaphor overcomes the opposition between inner repose and outer action because Marcel 's imagination gives him access to the outside world ; of a kind that allows him to possess it " much more effectively than if he had actually been present in an outside world that he could then have only known by bits and pieces " ( 1979 : 60 ) . |
| 23 | The Vicar 's wife gave her the magazine to edit and type up . |
| 24 | The latter 's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere . |
| 25 | The Spanish dance in The Nutcracker and the Yodelling Song in Ashton 's Façade gave him slightly more chance to make an individual impression , but his only leading part was in Fokine 's Carnaval , where he played Pierrot , not very memorably , sharing the role with Poole , whose interpretation was universally admired . |
| 26 | Bank 's snub gives me identity crisis |
| 27 | Dana 's defection gave her something to think about apart from Roman , though their last conversation intruded into everything she did and invaded her dreams . |
| 28 | Barclay 's father gave him 9,000 Scottish merks ( £500 ) to start on a mercantile career . |
| 29 | Conversation was somehow easier after that — Beryl 's news gave them something neutral to talk about . |
| 30 | ESP 's and Martin 's method gives you a greater length of fret to play over , and lessens the chances of the strings falling over the edges when using the kind of vib that Kirk sometimes does . |