Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] gave [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 6 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 9 | Surely , do we know if we receive him and believe in his name and he gave us the power to become |
| 10 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 11 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 12 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 13 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 14 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 15 | Then I nearly fell over when Hywel walked in because I met him on the mountain and he gave me the eye . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |