Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 2 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 3 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 4 | The one thing that pots give you above everything else is versatility . |
| 5 | These are the sort of things you might suggest that people give you for your birthday , Christmas or other religious celebration . |
| 6 | This does not mean that that intelligibility can be wholly captured in the formulations or in the mind of the theologian ; it does , however , mean that the divine intelligibility comes across to us , that God gives himself to be known and understood , and that the understanding that is made possible in theology is and is intended to be a genuine understanding and an authentic contact with the intelligibility of God . |
| 7 | ‘ Still , it 's a good thing that doctor gave 'em to ‘ er . |
| 8 | And Miss gives it to the student in n it ? |
| 9 | It was a nice hat , and Marie gave it to me , so it 's extra special . |
| 10 | Voters depend much less on the cues and guidance given them by party workers and rely instead on television . |
| 11 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 12 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |
| 13 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 14 | The fact that she has fought back to the level that she has now attained is a tribute to the loving care , encouragement and inspiration given her by her parents . |
| 15 | After that 's the spring term we 're into now , after Christmas erm health now there was there are packages and Catherine gave them to me on personal hygiene , things like that and I think Paul erm I know he would be keen he said , he 'd be keen to maybe put a package together with the help of all the form teachers plus myself and maybe do a bit into health , cos I mean you know it 's it 's |
| 16 | Their deafening boom tossed up lunar rainbows ; and Fenna gave them to Maggie for playthings and they dissolved in dark brightness between her fingers . |
| 17 | Ashmolean Museum , Oxford , has bought its first Poussin drawing , the ‘ View of the Tiber Valley ’ , attributed to Claude until Blunt gave it to Poussin , ( £156,450 , est. £70–100,000 ; NACF , NHMF , the Hulme Fund , and the Friends of the Ashmolean and the Purchase Grant Fund support ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 19 | Cos I might be able to cart them off to Joanne and Emma to give them to their mum 's on Mother 's Day |
| 20 | What is emphasized in their case is something very different : the support which their political constitution and generally speaking their customs and habits gave them in their drive towards world-rule . |
| 21 | Erm Ian left that with me and I was to speak to Bob before Bob gave it to because it was n't very good . |