Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] gave [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope these so-called mothers never wonder why the child they gave birth to , grows up to be a stranger to them . |
| 2 | Ken said — he came for Sunday lunch now , often with his stepdaughter but without his wife , who felt awkward in Ellen 's presence — that it reminded him of a kitten he 'd given Wendy on the day she gave birth to Apricot . |
| 3 | On another occasion he gave chase to someone running down the platform but when he reached the platform end whoever it was or was n't had vanished . |
| 4 | Parking the pram I gave chase to the poor beast who , alarmed by my savage roar of maternal fury , had bolted . |
| 5 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 6 | LABOUR launched a strong protest last night over the latest Conservative election broadcast , which invited Tory supporters to telephone Labour 's London headquarters to complain over the way it gave prominence to ‘ bad news ’ about Britain . |
| 7 | For the first time she gave vent to loud screams , which became her usual method of attracting attention from that time : ‘ this manner of crying endured many years after this time , for aught any man might do , and therefore , suffered she much despite and much reproof ’ . |
| 8 | She 's been married , got two kids — how on earth she gave birth to those two children , is beyond me , how on earth she made it is beyond me . |
| 9 | Their record on crime is a disaster , and it is time they gave way to a Government who have the imagination and policies to tackle crime fundamentally , not at the periphery . |
| 10 | At the same time it gave encouragement to local amenity groups to press for improvements . |
| 11 | But no amount of camp humour could banish the bitter awareness that every time he gave way to his sexual needs he became a criminal . |
| 12 | British-born Ian Phillips , of Christchurch , New Zealand , discovered 53-year-old Ken now lives in England with his two stepdaughters and the son he gave birth to while a woman . |