Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We took them down to Max 's Kansas City and gave one to Micky Ruskin the owner , we gave one to the DJ ; and we gave one to Lisa Robinson , the reporter . |
| 2 | Elizabeth Mowbray poured a little wine into a silver cup and gave it to her . |
| 3 | When leaving on his epic journey around the world , Phileas Fogg encountered a begging woman with her child at Charing Cross Station and gave her the proceeds of his recent success at whist . |
| 4 | He was offered a test drive and gave his verdict ; a big thumbs up , before he even left the gate . |
| 5 | Haverford ground his cigarette out into the remainder of the butter left on his croissant plate and gave what he described as one of his ‘ nice loose coughs ’ as he grinned at his son-in-law . |
| 6 | Over by the piano , Mary Bunn squirmed on her piano stool and gave him a one . |
| 7 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 8 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 9 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 10 | ‘ He went to the auld mither and gave her money . |
| 11 | Irene slipped a few rich chocolates in a plastic bag and gave them to her daughter . |
| 12 | They took these from Father Christmas and gave them to the nurses , who gave them to the hospital children . |
| 13 | ‘ Cosier , do n't you think ? ’ she said coyly , as she slid into a chair nearest the kitchen door and gave him what he could only assume was her standard come-hither look . |
| 14 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 15 | He was godfather to a child born in a Bakerloo Line train and gave her a silver christening mug when she was named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor . |
| 16 | He turned up his coat collar and gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the night fog . |
| 17 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 18 | Angela stripe , co-owner of Clayton-Stripe International and a former member of Britain 's World Cup team , took one Madonna look-alike and gave her five fab hairstyles ! |
| 19 | He took a ten shilling note from his trouser pocket and gave it to Gloria . |
| 20 | Mrs Pigdon , returning with his meal , noted the disgracefully lowered level of the liquor in the brandy bottle and gave him a look that spoke volumes . |
| 21 | Seduced by the flashy demonstrations or the apparent ease of use of the various environment managers , whether Apple 's , Windows or GEM , they adopted desktop publishing wholesale and gave it to secretarial staff on the assumption that those who produce the documents ought to be the ones who make it look pretty . |
| 22 | He picked up a cocktail sausage and gave it a light flourish . |
| 23 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 24 | Thus the Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ‘ took discrimination out of the market place and gave it the sanction of the state . |
| 25 | Is not it time that he stopped playing party politics and gave us our money for our constituents ? |