Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was n't moving so I started to give him mouth to mouth . ’ |
| 2 | So I decided to give it a miss that day . |
| 3 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 4 | It was all she needed to give her a chance to retaliate . |
| 5 | So she said give me thirteen did n't she . |
| 6 | Perhaps he had given him some idea of when he would be home . |
| 7 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 8 | If Benjamin had given her nothing else in their life together he had given her this child , and for that Sarah would forgive him anything . |
| 9 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 10 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 11 | Nicholson could not now appear in the film because he was too old for the original role which had been designated for him , and anyway he wanted to give it his fullest attention as director . |
| 12 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 13 | Eventually she managed to give him his tablet in a nice , juicy pear . |
| 14 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 15 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |
| 16 | Like I had to give her some top priorities yesterday as she was n't going to be about . |
| 17 | When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five . |
| 18 | All the activity around his earth , and the fact that there were a mere three hounds , had combined to make him think the open country might be safer today ; now they 'd given him proof that it was n't . |
| 19 | Well you got to give it back some time , may as well get him to do it tomorrow when he 's in . |
| 20 | Yeah , but , but did n't you when you got here they 'd given you , do n't you remember ? |
| 21 | Well he said give I twenty pound |
| 22 | Eventually he decided to give them their marching orders , and one spring , just before the birds were due to arrive , he nailed wire netting and a large dustbin bag along the eaves to stop them building their nests in the usual place . |
| 23 | It used to heat so then you had to give it time to cool and settle down . |
| 24 | She was obviously growing so attacked to her little girl and then she had to give her away . ’ |
| 25 | And indeed we did give them an an undertaking er that that would be done . |
| 26 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 27 | Bob wanted chicken tikka massala and then he said give me the list and wrote down on it two chicken tikka massalas so I look on that and I ca n't see anything two chicken kormas , one and two chicken tikka massalas . |
| 28 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 29 | on how he managed to give them up . |
| 30 | She remembered how he had given her the creeps . |