Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I carried mine , then I put it in my pocket and further along the route I gave it to someone in the crowd . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ An' where 's the money I gave yer fer the pictures ? ’ he demanded . |
| 3 | Yes it 's great , I mean in the first year lecture on Tuesday erm in the break I gave them in the middle of it the the corridor was like thick with tobacco smoke y'know you could hardly |
| 4 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 5 | Bought a Vax , they said no they 're a con do n't worry , he said with a little bit of luck you 'll get one that 'll be free , you 'll have to give a report on it once a month , then about after nine months they give it to you if they thought |
| 6 | The rewards for those working in BP come in the quality of the opportunities it gives us for the future . |
| 7 | But one thing , on behalf of the museum services , I would like to thank Doreen Griffiths for the help she gave us in our exhibition , ’ Memories of Change ’ , which you can see in the exhibition room over there , and she contributed a lot of photographs , and her memories , and allowed herself to be taped and have her memories in our archive , and for that we give her a great thank , because it 's not always easy for the , sometimes for the first time to begin talking into a tape-recorder , so we thank her very much , and thank you very much for coming in and performing for us today ! |
| 8 | We extend thanks to Brian Perry , Director of the Library 's Research and Development Department ( R&DD ) for his encouragement and his ‘ after dinner ’ thoughts on the 25th of June , and to Stephanie Kenna , also of the British Library 's R&DD , for the essential guidance and assistance she gave us throughout the pre- and post-seminar stages . |
| 9 | HERE are two more unlikely lads to add to the super WWF Wallchart we gave you on Monday . |
| 10 | ‘ They appreciated the peace it gave them from the ones who wound them up and it gave us peace . |
| 11 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Remember the lecture I gave you in the train . |
| 13 | I still have that little book of selected poems you gave me on my twelfth birthday . |
| 14 | The van Meers brought some wine which they said was Australian and the Keiths enjoyed the reminder it gave them of meals on the Mataura . |
| 15 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 16 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're wearing that ridiculous outfit , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I do n't know why you 're telling all these things to Malik and telling him about things I gave you as a present . ’ |
| 18 | Start by playing these combinations with one note then apply some of the melodic permutations I gave you in part 1 of this series . |
| 19 | Quite apart from the fact that every £1.00 you give us by covenant is worth £1.33 your contributions mean we can rely on a regular income . |
| 20 | The figures you gave us at the beginning I I seem to remember that you sell a lot more water abroad than in this country . |
| 21 | Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself . |
| 22 | No I do n't , no that was just a nickname they give him for years ago , matter of fact I the other day , I was walking up and he called me , so I took me father 's name you see , nickname , that was . |
| 23 | Figures they gave us from surveys carried out for the Inter-Bank Research Organisation by the British Market Research Bureau confirmed this , but showed that people in social classes A , B and C1 are still twice as likely to have a bank account as people in social classes D and E , and that the higher someone 's income the greater is the likelihood of their having a bank account . |
| 24 | He looked white and tired , and the smile he gave her in greeting was strained . |
| 25 | But far more valuable was the chance it gave him of widening his sphere of influence . |
| 26 | But far more valuable was the chance it gave him of widening his sphere of influence . |
| 27 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 28 | Though he was later subtly dismissive of the assembly , he undoubtedly appreciated its value at the time , not least for the good publicity it gave him in the British and American press . |
| 29 | ‘ No , my lord , ’ ( such courtesy again , and such artful courtesy too , as we shall see ! ) ‘ hear me ; I give you the field , and I give you the cave that is in it ; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you ; bury your dead . ’ |
| 30 | Spruce took down the names she gave him without comment . |