Example sentences of "[subord] she give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Red Cross warehouse , we were met by Stoyaeka who drove us to her house where she gave us a meal of soup , bread , stew and dumplings , all washed down with a very palatable local red wine . |
| 2 | Matt put in , ‘ Departing guests pay their accounts at the office , where she gives them a receipt , and Ling takes his list of commodities to her — things to be ordered for the kitchen , you understand . ’ |
| 3 | and er so one night she gave him , come in a bit paralytic , wanted a drink , so she give him a drink with a load of tranquillisers in |
| 4 | She could have tried for goal , but Mike had an easier shot so she gave him a lightning , nearside , under-the-neck pass . |
| 5 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 6 | And he said , ‘ I asked the librarian if she had something with big print so she gave me your book . ’ |
| 7 | Once she gave me a wink and she has even pinched my bum . ’ |
| 8 | In the morning after their breakfast coffee , he stood silently and balefully near her until she gave him the fare to Dublin . |
| 9 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 10 | until she gave it to his mouth , |
| 11 | And if she gives me any of her pernickety , finicky quips I 'll throw it over her . |
| 12 | If she gives you authority to sign on . |
| 13 | If she gave him box office , Beatty gave her security . |
| 14 | He had sworn at her , jeered at her , called her a lump of cold batter , told her to get to the devil , told her that he was sick of the sight of her , that he had married her for her money , that if she gave him any more of her canting preaching he 'd hit her one that she 'd remember . |
| 15 | He would tease her if she gave him anything , ask what he had done to earn it . |
| 16 | She knew perfectly well that if she gave him any warning he 'd find some excuse to refuse to see her , so , having dumped her own things in her flat , she went straight round to his , hoping to catch him before he went out . |
| 17 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 18 | He 'd loved her and left her once , and if she gave him a chance he 'd do it again . |
| 19 | Luke would never forgive her if she gave them away with some unwitting comment . |
| 20 | She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot . |
| 21 | Right I just wondered if she gave you an address cos it you know got a super little town map here . |
| 22 | She has , she has but she 's at the bottom , so if she give me three of hers I 'd be alright , ha |
| 23 | And he has come home this morning worn out with experience , all grief and all wonder , because she gave him the psaltery on which he played to her , and sent him a message straight out of the jongleurs ’ romances . |
| 24 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 25 | The corporation is like a vast pregenital mother who gives her brood security and nourishment , but who loves the eldest and the strongest ( the top executives ) best , since she gives them the most . |
| 26 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |
| 27 | Before she gave me my jab , she asked the most pertinent question that anyone had so far posed . |
| 28 | Elaine did n't register my birth before she gave me to Mum , and no one seemed to know anything about her , or where she was from . |
| 29 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 30 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |