Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and [pers pn] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | And my sister told me that she met with him after Mass this morning and he gave her an envelope . " |
| 3 | It was a Scottish voice and it gave her comfort . |
| 4 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 5 | The ten-point margin reflected the Police 's overall superiority and it gave them a deserved triumph in only their second appearance in the final . |
| 6 | a real hand and I gave you about thirty chances , they all stuck together . |
| 7 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 8 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 9 | It was a strange place and it gave him strange ideas ; he was oddly aware of those who had played , and loved and quarrelled there . |
| 10 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
| 11 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There was once years and years ago , he came in one night and I gave him these three pieces of paper and er what was it ? |
| 14 | Yeah sir , I just missed out one word and you gave me two . |
| 15 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | Evette , she brought er a green thing A round thing and she gave it to one of the ladies , I can not remember which one . |
| 18 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 19 | And the pensioners go down to this bungalow free , and it 's in lovely spot and we gave something like two thousand pound for it . |