Example sentences of "her [noun sg] and gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … |
| 2 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 3 | The elderly woman separated a skein of red silk from the bundle in her lap and gave it to her . |
| 4 | He slipped an arm around her waist and gave her an affectionate squeeze . |
| 5 | She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction . |
| 6 | As he passed her , Celia Hooper raised her head and gave him a look of steady encouragement . |
| 7 | Carole turned her head and gave her a broad smile . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She slipped the cigarettes from her pocket and gave him one . |
| 10 | To his surprise she held out her hand and gave him , once again , that extraordinary , attractive smile . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He refilled her glass and gave it to her . |
| 13 | He rested his hand on her shoulder and gave her a long kiss on the lips . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | He kept her company and gave her support when she was pregnant and did n't like to go out . |
| 16 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |
| 17 | But Jessica put her arm around her mother and gave her a great hug . |
| 18 | Honor found herself pressed to take the only available chair , grateful for the cool liquid which quenched her thirst and gave her time to regain at least some of her self-possession . |