Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . |
| 2 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 3 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 4 | ‘ You mean , if you cut that picture up into four — which would be a distinctly pro-life act if you want my opinion and gave it to four different restorers , they 'd each stop at a different point ? ’ |
| 5 | I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge . |
| 6 | Thank you to the person who arrived unknowingly on my doorstep and gave me a really sympathetic cuddle while I cried for 10 minutes ( ? ) in relief that I had misunderstood the doctor . |
| 7 | He read my amusement and gave me a twisted grin . |
| 8 | It is hard to describe the feeling I had as I persuaded her scaly old feet on to my finger and gave her a dose of my very own medicine . |
| 9 | He glanced across the table , saw me smiling , interpreted my thought and gave me a slow ironic blink . |
| 10 | So I raised my arm and gave them a very big thumbs-down . |
| 11 | The owner was thrilled at my interest and gave me a guided tour of the premises , he gave his permission for these photographs to be taken and included in our magazine . |
| 12 | Flaubert delighted in their presence and gave them money . |
| 13 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 14 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 15 | The elderly woman separated a skein of red silk from the bundle in her lap and gave it to her . |
| 16 | He slipped an arm around her waist and gave her an affectionate squeeze . |
| 17 | She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction . |
| 18 | As he passed her , Celia Hooper raised her head and gave him a look of steady encouragement . |
| 19 | Carole turned her head and gave her a broad smile . |
| 20 | Several weeks later , on the twenty-first anniversary of the baby 's death , we held a tearful and moving ceremony with candles and poetry , in which Betty said goodbye to her baby and gave herself permission to get on with the rest of her life . |
| 21 | She slipped the cigarettes from her pocket and gave him one . |
| 22 | To his surprise she held out her hand and gave him , once again , that extraordinary , attractive smile . |
| 23 | Mrs Stych noted carefully all the ‘ day core ’ , as she called it , while she removed her coat and gave it to Mrs Murphy to hang up . |
| 24 | He refilled her glass and gave it to her . |
| 25 | They inhabited their silence and gave nothing away . |
| 26 | He rested his hand on her shoulder and gave her a long kiss on the lips . |
| 27 | ‘ Although one assumes David only crossed the border because his niece had been cheated of her crown and gave him no peace until he avenged her , haranguing him with letter after letter . |
| 28 | He kept her company and gave her support when she was pregnant and did n't like to go out . |
| 29 | I put it carefully back in its envelope and gave it back to Dinwiddie , who slipped it into the pile . |
| 30 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |