Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade & Travel kindly gave me a fez ‘ for my daughter ’ , which resulted in a complaint from one colleague that if I was going to invent one offspring why not a few more so that all the staff could have fezzes . |
| 2 | He examined himself from head to foot , assessing without vanity the beauty that had once given him an honest pleasure , and he marked without fear the changes that moved in upon him now daily . |
| 3 | Anne raised her hands in a placatory gesture and came across to give her a comforting hug . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's an inside to things , ’ he explained , ‘ and print only gave me the outside . |
| 5 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |