Example sentences of "to [pron] [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened up more the love of God to me and gave me a livelier apprehension of the Mystery of Redemption and how much I am beholden to Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 2 | He turned to me and gave me his habitual smile-implying parting of the beard . |
| 3 | Altogether , the tour gave the Indians maximum exposure to me and gave me maximum exposure to the ELT situation in India . |
| 4 | ‘ You know the story about Gerhard , looking as he usually does , standing on the steps of Horseguards after a Cabinet Committee , when a kindly person sidled up to him and gave him a quid to buy himself breakfast ? ’ |
| 5 | Anyway , Benguiat made up to him and gave him a big kiss and then the next day things got bad again because Parkinson was going to in room number two above this floor to sort out his slides and Benguiat had been in there and evidently he had just decided to tuck his shirt in and loosen his trousers and while he was tucking his shirt in Parkinson came in and says aha , caught you with your pants down , and Benguiat storms out of the room . |
| 6 | We paddled to her and gave her a lift back to her house . |
| 7 | He was like a Greek god , except that his hair was black and the nose had a slight curve to it that gave his broad , open features a somewhat predatory look . |