Example sentences of "[noun prp] give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett gave it to him , knowing it might hasten his end . |
| 2 | It was a nice hat , and Marie gave it to me , so it 's extra special . |
| 3 | He did , however , mention his Stunt Bat which Graham Mackereth gave him for giving a speech . |
| 4 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 5 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 6 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 7 | ‘ Neil gave it to me last night . ’ |
| 8 | Kingsley Barrett , the Methodist , whom Ramsey had chosen for the faculty at Durham , wrote of his belief that a special providence must watch over the Church of England to give them at least some good bishops in spite of the deplorable method of their appointment . |
| 9 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |
| 10 | With the free hand in Boiotia given her by Myronides ' victory at Oinophyta , Athens , exceptionally , is said to have supported the oligarchs there ( Old Oligarch = Ps.Xen . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , Faye gave it to me . ’ |
| 12 | It is in this sense that Derrida argues that Husserl 's Origin of Geometry sets up ‘ the possibility of history as the possibility of language ’ whereby ‘ difference would be transcendental ’ : writing , in the general significance which Derrida gives it of a differential marking , must be the condition of any historicity . |
| 13 | Sid gave plenty of leeway , right up to Christmas . |
| 14 | He jumped down and grabbed one , I ran after him , trod on the screws , fell , hurting my gouty foot and breaking the blue vase Auntie Dolly gave us for christmas . |
| 15 | Opened can of mixed veg , used water to steam the pudding Paddy gave me at Reggane . |
| 16 | ‘ Wilson gave it to the girl . |
| 17 | Are you going to say ‘ Hassan gave it to me ’ ? |
| 18 | Richard Baxter 1615–1691 ) during fourteen years of pastoral ministry at Kidderminster gave himself to the pastoral care of some 800 families . |
| 19 | An estimated 4,000 crowd , with some being accommodated on the top deck of four double deck buses , saw Dunvant give everything in a spirited display . |
| 20 | Elsie give it to us , years ago . |
| 21 | Notice the bust of Dobrovský standing in front of the charming garden house which the Nostics gave him in the last years of his life . |
| 22 | Meg gave lots of good advice down the phone . |
| 23 | Aunt Anna gave it to me for my tenth birthday . |
| 24 | After that 's the spring term we 're into now , after Christmas erm health now there was there are packages and Catherine gave them to me on personal hygiene , things like that and I think Paul erm I know he would be keen he said , he 'd be keen to maybe put a package together with the help of all the form teachers plus myself and maybe do a bit into health , cos I mean you know it 's it 's |
| 25 | Adam gave it to me the other day so that I could lock up . |
| 26 | May God give you of the dew of heaven , |
| 27 | ‘ It will not happen again — the image of the club is important and I 'll just have to try and accept any punishment the FA give me like a man . |
| 28 | I could substantiate the information that Mr. Docherty gave me through contact with the West Yorkshire metropolitan police . |
| 29 | This does not mean that that intelligibility can be wholly captured in the formulations or in the mind of the theologian ; it does , however , mean that the divine intelligibility comes across to us , that God gives himself to be known and understood , and that the understanding that is made possible in theology is and is intended to be a genuine understanding and an authentic contact with the intelligibility of God . |
| 30 | Their deafening boom tossed up lunar rainbows ; and Fenna gave them to Maggie for playthings and they dissolved in dark brightness between her fingers . |