Example sentences of "[conj] my [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm sure that was a better lunch than my father gave you in Rouen . ’ |
2 | It was like this — my uncle and my father came to Britain first and my uncle gave his pay packet to my father , who is older . |
3 | I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that . |
4 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
5 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
6 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
7 | But my elbow gave me a bit of concern . |
8 | ‘ Though your mother wore the ring every day after my father gave it to her , Maria noticed that her hand was bare when she left . ’ |
9 | Both the village and surrounding countryside are worth some exploration and I was lucky as my trek gave me an insight into both . |
10 | I was able to follow up that evening , for my father gave me a lovely chrysanthemum bloom from his greenhouse and the next day I took it to her home and asked her mother , who opened the door to my rather nervous knock , if she would give it to her daughter . |