Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] gave [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I gave myself the day off . ’ |
| 2 | We could really make this place swing if only they gave us the data to work on , could n't we ? ’ |
| 3 | And then when he 'd won he offered Heseltine the had of friendship and promptly he gave him the Poll Tax , which will finish him for ever . |
| 4 | The constant streams of traffic flowing past it gave it the appearance of an ocean liner in a sea full of tiny fish . |
| 5 | Mm well you gave them the size and you checked the size . |
| 6 | Well he gave me the ! |
| 7 | Then I gave him the slip and came to London . ’ |
| 8 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
| 9 | ‘ When I got the sack , then it gave me the chance to paint really hard . |
| 10 | ‘ A female Solomon , ’ said Neil , sighing , and then he gave her the most charming grin , and through the ruin of his face she suddenly saw what Matey must have known — the handsome soldier-boy he had once been . |
| 11 | ‘ Then he gave me the pitch . |
| 12 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 13 | ‘ And then he gave us the will and the other papers and he said to us , just before we toddled off to Morocco — ’ |
| 14 | The tea tasted horrible but at least it gave me the chance to have a little think . |
| 15 | ‘ At times like this , ’ Bridget said sharply , ‘ I can see why I gave you the push after six weeks . |
| 16 | Instead he gave us the Boredom Offensive . |