Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [adv] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when my parent says to me , give those two units of parental investment that I just gave you , to , to offspring B I do n't want to , because the benefit to offspring B , or rather the genes I share with offspring B , does n't compensate sate me for the , for the sacrifice . |
| 2 | Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do . |
| 3 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 4 | Well they 're probably just asking you , asking for the answer that I just gave you . |
| 5 | He usually left this shop to the end because they rarely gave him an order and the road was one he hated . |
| 6 | Now I 'd hate to think that anybody got the impression that we actually gave them instructions . |
| 7 | I pressed him for his view and he eventually gave it : ‘ All very true and orthodox , Charlie , but completely lacking in power . ’ |
| 8 | The first man , Maui , begged Mafulke for a little fire and she reluctantly gave him one of her fingers . |