Example sentences of "[pron] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was once or twice approached by stony-faced nuns begging for charities , but I gave nothing because I felt sure that some of those nuns were fakes , possibly men in drag , for their big , dark , hollow eyes , dyspeptic noses bright red in chalk-white faces , compressed , colourless lips and faint moustaches were hardly the signs of religious penance , and they were all wearing rather large boots . |
| 2 | I gave them a three-hour lecture on the basic principles of stochastics , he said . |
| 3 | I gave them money , full of pride that I was richer than at least one English person , even if he was a beggar . |
| 4 | They took me to West End Central and , instead of telling them what had really happened , I gave them a story . |
| 5 | So I gave them up , gave them all up . |
| 6 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 7 | Of course , I gave them the warmest spot in the garden , against my only south-facing wall . |
| 8 | I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them . ’ |
| 9 | I gave them to him . |
| 10 | I gave them a sense of pride . |
| 11 | If someone said , ‘ just taking £5 off you , ’ and said they ‘ knew me son ’ and all that rigmarole and ‘ so I gave them £5 ’ , then your knowledge of the law came out immediately . |
| 12 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 13 | I gave them our greetings from Q.P. and they gave me theirs to return to you . |
| 14 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 15 | I 've always had an ear for accents , and I gave them my best German and Italian and my speciality : French with a hint of Punjabi . |
| 16 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
| 17 | I gave them their full due , repeating all that my sister-in-law had said , and told them that I would hear from my brother himself that evening , then paid for my groceries and made my escape . |
| 18 | I think if a museum gets to be talked about ‘ Oh , well , they 've sold this and they 've sold that ’ I for one would want to make very sure that whatever I gave them could n't be sold . |
| 19 | I mean , after all the shit I gave them they 've really stood by me and me girlfriend as well . |
| 20 | I gave them a three-minute start then Bogartishly gunned my heap . |
| 21 | I gave them the address where he was living . |
| 22 | I gave them false names , they checked my fingerprints and found out who I was . |
| 23 | I gave them a bogus address but they did n't check it out . |
| 24 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 25 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |
| 26 | in town , and I gave them me name and me address , and then they sent a letter saying , No , you ca n't have one . |
| 27 | Not wanting to offend , I gave them a try and ended up almost throwing the box away , but instead I put them aside in a small corner of my studio . |
| 28 | I gave them a cup of Ruski čaj [ Russian tea ] , and that made them very , very happy , ’ |
| 29 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 30 | When Victor and I gave them the slip at Victoria station they knew we were onto them . |