Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] and gave [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they took off after him , caught him and gave him a hiding . |
| 2 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 3 | He opened his and gave us a couple of bob . |
| 4 | ‘ I mean , we took her in when she came back from London with her tail between her legs , and we fed her and gave her a roof over her head , but she was forever dolling herself up and going out . |
| 5 | Louise kissed him and gave him the pie . |
| 6 | One of them hailed me and gave me a fiver to take them to a private clinic in Harley Street . |
| 7 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 8 | Zak flashed a glance at the crew , saw me and gave me a thumbs-up sign . |
| 9 | Bunny saw me and gave me a brief nod , then went back to talking to a young black dude wearing a blue trenchcoat and nursing a colour-co-ordinated Filofax . |
| 10 | What he did was relatively harmless , yet somewhere deep down it damaged me and gave me a streak of recklessness that is still having consequences even today . |
| 11 | That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task : to be crucified . ’ |