Example sentences of "owners give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress is caused not only by chemical imperfections , but by ponds that are too shallow to give the Koi a sense of security ; or by excessive netting out and handling ( paradoxically , by over-anxious owners giving them the once over ) . |
| 2 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 3 | I 've heard them say if the owners gave them their fare home from Lowestoft to Darsham , that 's all they had . |
| 4 | The matter is now in the hands of the police , after the shop owners gave them details of the two men . |
| 5 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |