Example sentences of "she gave them " in BNC.

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1 Yes , it is true , but I must add the following : even her hand-outs to beggars were based on negation : she gave them money not because beggars , too , belonged to mankind , but because they did not belong to it , because they were excluded from it , and probably like her , felt no solidarity with mankind .
2 If Nigel was there she gave them blankets and told them to use the sofa .
3 She gave them a warm smile .
4 She gave them an understanding of the qualities needed to become a star .
5 Despite her eccentricity and the fact that they could n't help laughing at her , the Girls would readily acknowledge that she gave them as much , if not more , affection than they had received from their own parents .
6 She gave them a terrified glance , and then bolted .
7 She gave them brandy .
8 Elizabeth said she would like to see copies of these letters , and she gave them to Mrs Spurling — this , I think , justifies the presence of Braemar letters here .
9 And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary .
10 Placing the sandwiches on a plate , she gave them to her husband .
11 She gave them the name of a friend in the German Foreign Office , Dr Schirmer , whom they might approach .
12 They showed this to Auntie Lou and she gave them a frame so that they could hang it in their bedroom , but they did n't look at it much .
13 She always found the supper she cooked for the children irresistible and when she gave them bacon and baked beans she would swoop down on their plates like a vulture on a battlefield .
14 The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection .
15 She gave them her best smiles .
16 No , I took them off of her , she gave them to me
17 And she gave the school , no she gave them did that much , that they brought for here school books , and she finished her education in .
18 She gave them a pound .
19 Hovering just inside the door , she gave them a look of amusement .
20 The little group of guests gathered at the bottom looked marginally startled by her somewhat unorthodox behaviour , and she gave them a lame smile .
21 She gave them the name of the hotel where they 'd stayed , the lot .
22 Luke would never forgive her if she gave them away with some unwitting comment .
23 She told some of the other mothers he 'd died , but she was n't a good liar , and she gave them different reasons for his death .
24 She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot .
25 So she gave them to , loads to Joe , she got loads of .
26 I thought that she gave them education to add to er , to the poor .
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