Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out there is a whole world full of garbage and it gives me ulcers to throw one more shred of scum back on the heap . ’ |
| 2 | One gave her a gold ring and one gave her a little dog . |
| 3 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 4 | Fortunately , it was easy to make a decision as Wayne Shelford was already at the club and he gave me an insight into what it was all about and what to expect . ’ |
| 5 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 6 | We sometimes drank small cups of China tea and he gave me colour prints of Chinese landscapes and mountain scenery at Christmas and the Chinese New Year . |
| 7 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |
| 8 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 9 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 10 | Tha him , look how , look how he after mummy and I give him |
| 11 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 12 | On tonight 's match , Cooper said : ‘ There 's a lot at stake and it gives us the opportunity to put things right . ’ |
| 13 | They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us ! |
| 14 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
| 15 | That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg |
| 16 | She went on a school trip to a museum and we gave her our little camera which I could never use . |
| 17 | And he pulls out another container of peace and he gives it to somebody else , that is n't how it happens . |
| 18 | At Christmas I give Otley my turkey and he gives me his Brussels sprouts . |
| 19 | Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous |
| 20 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 21 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 22 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 23 | Erm the blacksmith and we give them a horseshoe nail . |
| 24 | He gave us his story and we gave him ours . |
| 25 | She give him a tenner and she give him that box with bloody channel change on ! |
| 26 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 27 | Er and I remember , I remember Street West , when the right hand side of Street west going from Road , every house was empty before the First World War and they gave somebody er somebody who lives in the end one and they were rent free if they keep all the rest clean , and always you see house to let where wherever it was in every street there was houses to let , and the price of the house in Street must be about eight shillings a week in those days , and then if you went up to I mean you 'd get in the twelve and sixpenny bracket and down in , those houses down in the that they were ten and six or something like that er |
| 28 | So I went to a very good secondary school but I was in the A one stream right the way through and I was always within that top three of that A one stream and it gave me confidence and I really got on . |
| 29 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 30 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |