Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The parents were reluctant to use the technique and gave her lots of warnings and did not carry out their threats . |
2 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |
3 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
4 | Each morning her mother drew Emma 's attention to the chart and gave her a lot of praise and attention while she selected a sticker for her good behaviour . |
5 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
6 | He bought the rock and gave it to me . |
7 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
8 | He balanced the empty whisky glass on the window-sill and gave his nose a last wipe , pocketing his hanky . |
9 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
10 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
11 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
12 | She pressed her nose to the window and gave him a wave . |
13 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |
14 | He finished typing , took the paper from the machine and gave it to her . |
15 | I hired a karaoke machine , went down the pub and gave 'em a few numbers ; ‘ Girl From Ipanema ’ , ‘ I Write The Songs ’ . |
16 | ‘ Some bloke tried to stop us jamming in the lobby and gave us loads of attitude , ’ he said . |
17 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
18 | He walked around the desk and gave it to Michael . |
19 | So it was that , at a highly important summit in the Hague in December 1969 , several major decisions were taken which breathed new life into the Community and gave something to both France and her partners . |
20 | He thanked the singer and gave him another sop , which he could ill afford . |
21 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |
22 | Galla , Somali , Gurage , people from the subject kingdom of Kaffa , negroes from the west , mingled on the streets with their Amhara and Tigrean overlords ; but it was these latter who dominated the scene , imposed their stamp upon the town and gave it its unique character . |
23 | That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue . |
24 | Philpott lowered the newspaper and gave them a wry smile . |
25 | I picked up the phone and gave him an ear-bashing . ’ |
26 | The single median fins down the mid-line of their backs or undersides prevented them from spinning in the water and gave them a degree of stability , but none had paired lateral fins . |
27 | Quinn pushed open the street-door , which opened outwards , closed it behind him , dropped a wooden wedge he had carved in the privacy of the toilet under the sill and gave it a hard kick . |
28 | ‘ Karl Scholz bought most of the land and my father bought the house and the rest and gave it to me to run . |
29 | before he was married his employer pictures off the wall and gave them to him |
30 | A judge was divorced by his wife because he had taken to the idea that she was possessed by the devil and gave her a thump or two to drive Satan out . |