Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was obliged to write essays … where I gave myself up to an almost purely artistic rendering of such facts as I remembered , and such opinions as I could concoct by the help of memory , fancy , and the radical and the free-thinking influence of home … |
| 2 | At the Red Cross warehouse , we were met by Stoyaeka who drove us to her house where she gave us a meal of soup , bread , stew and dumplings , all washed down with a very palatable local red wine . |
| 3 | A highlight was a party in the children 's hospital where we gave presents to all of the children , mums and staff as well as handing over medical supplies and a lap-top computer . |
| 4 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 5 | Their homeward journey took them via Lille ( where Wolfgang fell ill ) , Ghent , Antwerp and The Hague ( where they gave two public concerts and played , by special request , to the Princess of Weilburg , to whom Wolfgang dedicated a set of six keyboard and violin sonatas ) . |
| 6 | But he could and did hold a fringe meeting with the Bow Group , where he gave the becoming speech of a statesman . |
| 7 | Then , leaving his sobbing family at home , he dashed to a soccer match , where he gave away a penalty and cheated his team of a victory . |
| 8 | Those that he produced for sale through the Redfern Gallery were usually printed in editions of fifty and include Thames-side , Bull Fight , Spain , Tropical Landscape , Horse Guards in their Dressing Rooms at Whitehall and Working Men 's College , this last relating to his association with the Working Men 's College in Crowndale Road , Mornington Crescent , where he gave a lecture , ‘ The Painter 's Intention ’ , in 1952 , taught lithography and also acted as Art Adviser . |
| 9 | By 1578 he was town clerk of Colchester , a puritan borough , where he gave the address welcoming the queen in 1579 . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , if it 's sexual she has less discrimination than I gave her credit for . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't really believe in marriage , but I did n't want to lose my husband either , so I gave in , ’ she explains . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His Spanish was almost non-existent , and he did not know how to study a foreign language , so I gave him lessons . |
| 15 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 16 | By this time I was frothing at the mouth like a rabid dog in walking boots with the effort of running in the heat , so I gave in and resumed normal speed . |
| 17 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 18 | I had visions of a nomad 's only camel eating it and dying , so I gave chase , watching the dust from my feet overtake me . |
| 19 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 20 | I thought that I was being stupid , so I gave it up . |
| 21 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 22 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 23 | I had one , Justin had one , Joanna had one and mummy had one , so I gave daddy a bit of mine . ’ |
| 24 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 29 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 30 | but around 1950 I began to realise that this was n't getting me anywhere , so I gave up painting with oil paints and began instead to draw with oils . |