Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] give [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was a nice hat , and Marie gave it to me , so it 's extra special . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Their deafening boom tossed up lunar rainbows ; and Fenna gave them to Maggie for playthings and they dissolved in dark brightness between her fingers . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 10 | Cos I might be able to cart them off to Joanne and Emma to give them to their mum 's on Mother 's Day |
| 11 | 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 . |