Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth Mowbray poured a little wine into a silver cup and gave it to her . |
| 2 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 3 | He was offered a test drive and gave his verdict ; a big thumbs up , before he even left the gate . |
| 4 | Haverford ground his cigarette out into the remainder of the butter left on his croissant plate and gave what he described as one of his ‘ nice loose coughs ’ as he grinned at his son-in-law . |
| 5 | Over by the piano , Mary Bunn squirmed on her piano stool and gave him a one . |
| 6 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 7 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 8 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 9 | I found the main control lines and gave them to Esmerelda , showing her how to hold them , and where . |
| 10 | ‘ He went to the auld mither and gave her money . |
| 11 | Irene slipped a few rich chocolates in a plastic bag and gave them to her daughter . |
| 12 | They took these from Father Christmas and gave them to the nurses , who gave them to the hospital children . |
| 13 | ‘ Cosier , do n't you think ? ’ she said coyly , as she slid into a chair nearest the kitchen door and gave him what he could only assume was her standard come-hither look . |
| 14 | He called Directory Enquiries and gave her name . |
| 15 | Pieces of pine from apple cases became cricket bats , tennis rackets or hockey sticks and gave them endless hours of pleasure . |
| 16 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 17 | He was godfather to a child born in a Bakerloo Line train and gave her a silver christening mug when she was named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor . |
| 18 | He turned up his coat collar and gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the night fog . |
| 19 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 20 | He took a ten shilling note from his trouser pocket and gave it to Gloria . |
| 21 | Mrs Pigdon , returning with his meal , noted the disgracefully lowered level of the liquor in the brandy bottle and gave him a look that spoke volumes . |
| 22 | Seduced by the flashy demonstrations or the apparent ease of use of the various environment managers , whether Apple 's , Windows or GEM , they adopted desktop publishing wholesale and gave it to secretarial staff on the assumption that those who produce the documents ought to be the ones who make it look pretty . |
| 23 | He picked up a cocktail sausage and gave it a light flourish . |
| 24 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 25 | Thus the Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ‘ took discrimination out of the market place and gave it the sanction of the state . |
| 26 | Is not it time that he stopped playing party politics and gave us our money for our constituents ? |