Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 2 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 3 | So they took off after him , caught him and gave him a hiding . |
| 4 | The July 1992 text regarded it as giving non-mandatory guidelines . |
| 5 | ‘ Some guys approached us and gave us one ( tablet ) each . ’ |
| 6 | Every morning at eight-thirty , a servant girl woke him and gave him breakfast on a tray . |
| 7 | The fact that he obviously thought she was a good nurse pleased her and gave her confidence , while the fact that Belinda had not betrayed his secret and gossiped about his wife and her illness earned his gratitude and respect , so that now they were allies and she knew she would be able to go to him if ever she had a problem at the hospital . |
| 8 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 9 | Exasperated , I told her that given his behaviour , it was far more likely that her son would bite my dog ! |
| 10 | She unwound it and gave it to him . |
| 11 | When we got there one o one of the other boys was was already there with him and he was covered from about his waist down with coal and er we uncovered him and gave him as comfortable as we could get him until we got the stretchers and everything mobilize him and get him out . |
| 12 | When he finished , he kicked at the door , I opened it and gave him something to eat . |
| 13 | ‘ They took away our films , developed them and gave them back damaged . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , we took her in when she came back from London with her tail between her legs , and we fed her and gave her a roof over her head , but she was forever dolling herself up and going out . |
| 15 | Louise kissed him and gave him the pie . |
| 16 | He took off his glove , signed it and gave it to the boy . |
| 17 | Last night he told TODAY : ‘ We were able to trace Watson after a member of the public contacted us and gave us information which suggested he was responsible for these attacks . |
| 18 | One of them hailed me and gave me a fiver to take them to a private clinic in Harley Street . |
| 19 | Galatians 2.20 must be among the most marvellous words of the Bible : ‘ I have been crucified with Christ ; it is no longer I who live , but Christ who lives in me ; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God , who loved me and gave himself for me . ’ |
| 20 | May we all say with St Paul in Galatians 2.20 : ‘ I have been crucified with Christ ; it is no longer I who live , but Christ who lives in me ; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God , who loved me and gave himself for me . ’ |
| 21 | The truth that ‘ Jesus loved me and gave himself for me , ’ was an incredible transformation for him . |
| 22 | Trust Christ alone and testify like Paul ‘ the son of God who loved ME and gave himself for ME . ’ |
| 23 | He remained in the royal household under Richard III , who knighted him and gave him further land in Northamptonshire and London in 1484 . |
| 24 | It was the smell that alerted her and gave her that first sudden awareness of danger . |
| 25 | Be imitators of God , therefore , as dearly loved children , and live a life of love , just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God ( Eph. 4:3–5:2 ) . |
| 26 | Zak flashed a glance at the crew , saw me and gave me a thumbs-up sign . |
| 27 | Bunny saw me and gave me a brief nod , then went back to talking to a young black dude wearing a blue trenchcoat and nursing a colour-co-ordinated Filofax . |
| 28 | He cast around for somewhere to put them , and at once Mei Ling took them and gave them to a waiting servant . |
| 29 | , . I had a very serious patient er , the other day , and I treated him and gave him six months to live , but at the end of six months , he did n't pay his account , so I gave him another six months . , . |
| 30 | Relations of CAP leaders and regular local government officials were often difficult , and critics saw it as giving an open invitation to agitators . |