Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 2 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 3 | Erm , well , if you tell her I rang and give her my love . |
| 4 | I said well what the hell 's she doing Arthur , if she do n't want them tell her to come , send them in here I said and give them to the kids . |
| 5 | Erm I said if there 's any money left over I 'll give you the money , I said and give you the rest the week after or if there 's none left I 'll give you the tenner week Oh that 's alright do n't worry about that , he said , that 's fine . |
| 6 | Yes , I would , ’ I said and gave them my American Express card with alacrity . |
| 7 | ‘ Never again ’ I said and gave it to my sister-in-law ( she 's a big girl ) and I felt glad to see the back of it . |
| 8 | I refused but gave them a couple of biscuits and to their delight took their photographs . |
| 9 | Before disappearing through the brick arch she turned and gave him a final smile and a wave . |
| 10 | She caught the ring at last between her teeth and he tickled her until she laughed and gave it up . |
| 11 | So she went and gave him a hug . |
| 12 | And she says there 's nothing wrong with you she said and gave me a what you call it to p to er protect myself . |
| 13 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 14 | Perversely , in the way of Customs Officers , we insisted but gave him ten minutes to clear up , then climbed on board to see to the necessary documentation . |
| 15 | I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed . |
| 16 | And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer . |
| 17 | Before she could move back , he bent and gave her a light , lingering kiss on her mouth . |
| 18 | But , when he turned and gave her a warm , infectious grin , she found it difficult not to smile back at him . |
| 19 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 20 | Sometimes he forgot and gave them again , which she took to be a good sign . |
| 21 | Mister Johnny looked at Nick ; then he laughed and gave him the skull . |
| 22 | Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up . |
| 23 | He leaned and gave her a smacking kiss on the cheek . |
| 24 | Even so , what other man would have helped her like he had and given her his bed as well ? |
| 25 | It fitted and gave her a perky look . |
| 26 | He paused and gave her an intense look that revealed a little of how it had been for him . |
| 27 | While she was absorbing that little gem , ‘ I never thought I would ever accept a working wife , but , ’ he paused and gave her a private smile , ‘ if that 's what my darling wants , I just ca n't stand in the way of her choice to continue working . ’ |
| 28 | He wondered whether to give her his typescript to read . |