Example sentences of "gave [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said I was very interested and gave my credit card number as requested . ’ |
| 2 | They had a row in my presence and when it was over my father gave my mother five hundred pounds . ’ |
| 3 | That night , before we fell asleep — stone sober this time — Dana again gave my hand a squeeze . |
| 4 | When I gave my first class , Manuela stood up as soon as I entered , and in beautiful English , then in Spanish , expressed the sympathies of the whole class . |
| 5 | This room is as cold as a cabin in the frozen woods , but it is not so cold as the heart of the person to whom I gave my love , my hope , my talent . |
| 6 | It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated . |
| 7 | When the sales were on , ‘ he 'd put his hand in his pocket and gave my mother sovereigns — ‘ Go and get them all something . ’ |
| 8 | I gave my opinion but , of course , it was a big shot so early in the game . |
| 9 | I gave my name . |
| 10 | I gave my evidence — he adjusted the brakes in my presence after I found them inefficient . |
| 11 | It simply gave my study another dimension . |
| 12 | A FEW MONTHS AGO I GAVE MY IMPRESSIONS of the sort of thing a typical record critic tends to look for in putting together a review . |
| 13 | Afterwards , I gave my sample at Doping Control without too much trouble . |
| 14 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 15 | My grandmother gave my a set of oil paints when I was four and she got really angry because they were wee tiny tubes and I squeezed them all out in one go and started painting like Frank Auerbach . |
| 16 | Having settled her differences , she gave my hand a tentative lick . |
| 17 | Conditioning I 've just had a perm and I 've been blow-drying my hair every day , I found that the conditioner gave my hair a lovely shine and added a bit of life to it as well . |
| 18 | It was in those days , when Margaret was still alive , that I gave my former colleague Peter Duval-Smith — whose private life and whose work as an academic journalist always seemed to be equally chaotic — the introduction to Braemar Mansions that he so much wanted . |
| 19 | ‘ Bear in mind that I gave my evidence after Blissett had been charged by the FA for a serious breach of the laws of the game — and the experienced commission of inquiry , which conducted a rigorous investigation into the incident , cleared him . |
| 20 | ‘ I gave my word , maman . ’ |
| 21 | Before I lifted the knocker I gave my clogs an extra rub on my stockinged calf , then I rapped on the door . |
| 22 | I always gave my husband the benefit of the doubt and ‘ buried ’ his brutality because I was so ashamed and felt that I was in some way to blame . |
| 23 | I gave my awful , loud laugh . |
| 24 | My grandmother gave my a set of oil paints when I was four and she got really angry because they were wee tiny tubes and I squeezed them all out in one go and started painting like Frank Auerbach . |
| 25 | At Scunthorpe I gave my first performance just after half-time — a blast of Star Wars . |
| 26 | I nearly gave my mother a nervous breakdown . |
| 27 | ‘ I gave my word , Mrs Holly , thank you . ’ |
| 28 | Now I 've met you ’ — he gave my apron a little tug — ‘ I 'm not letting you go . ’ |
| 29 | This whole process gave my life an additional fullness which has gone on gathering momentum since I left school . |
| 30 | I bought some wiring and bulb fittings when I was about 11 years old — I fitted the electrics as home-made lighting — then gave my father a shock when he touched the aquarium , fused the lights , and set fire to my bedroom . |