Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] gave [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The two of them leapt out of the beached cockboat and strode up past the fishwives , some of whom gave him a " good day " but most of whom preserved a surly silence .
2 One of them gave me a basket she had made and when I lifted the lid there was a card with her name in Greek and English , and the words ‘ For You ’ … .
3 Take the case of She gave him a piece of her mind .
4 Her first sight of it gave her a severe shock .
5 Blood was dripping from her right hand , The sight of it gave her a funny cold feeling inside , and the thought flashed through her mind : ‘ Shall I be able to paint again ? ’
6 It was serious , set in purpose , and the sight of it gave her an agreeable feeling of submission to higher powers .
7 And the certainty of it gave her the strength to smile .
8 The familiarity of it gave her the urge to work .
9 ‘ And none of it gave you the right to lie to me .
10 My conversations with her gave me no inkling to that effect , and , although she was ambitious , I do not think she felt that her time had come .
11 She was smaller than Jenna with none of Jenna 's slender , willowy height , but she was so healthy-looking that the fact in itself gave her an added attraction .
12 He was on his bike six kids jumped him and said give us your bike they , they took his bike off him gave him a hammering right on the nose , broke his nose .
13 But the pretence of searching for it gave her a moment to think .
14 I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling .
15 It was still there , though , and looking at it gave him a shock .
16 To know that she was needed by someone gave her a heady sense of power .
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