Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , three prominent members of the Medellín drug cartel gave themselves up [ see pp. 37914 ; 37957 ] . |
| 2 | A rapid gear change gave them speed on the corner and he sat bent over the wheel , concentrating fiercely on the road through the sheets of rain . |
| 3 | So it was a stroke of luck when a friend scrapping an old Volvo car gave him a complete system to fit to his tractor . |
| 4 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 5 | His regular drawing practice gave him a solid understanding of the structure of the human head and hands , and he is unique amongst 18th century British painters for his custom of making detailed preparatory drawings for his portraits . |
| 6 | His cheesecutter hat and Burberry overcoat gave him the look of a working class spiv . |
| 7 | Then the Arsenal match gave us a chance to restore some pride — and I think we have done that . ’ |
| 8 | Over the next two days , Harry cycled through Zutphen and Arnhem to Eindhoven , where a cafe owner gave him coffee and rolls , and a priest , who was a friend of the cafe proprietor advised Harry who was now headed for the Dutch/Belgian border . |
| 9 | Only the crest over the entrance door gave it away and that did n't entertain the eye much , either . |
| 10 | On the way home the recorded voice on the car radio gave its weathered , sweet , mellow report of the day 's play . |
| 11 | The Emmanuel College list gave him minimal information about matriculation and tripos results . |
| 12 | An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward . |
| 13 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 14 | The individuals had first to establish that the Trusteeship Agreement gave them standing as against the trusteeship territory . |
| 15 | A COMPUTER expert gave his girlfriend an olde worlde surprise when he enlisted the help of a town crier to ask her to marry him . |
| 16 | A COMPUTER expert gave his girlfriend an olde worlde surprise yesterday when he enlisted the help of a town crier to ask her to marry him . |
| 17 | A kind choirman gave me a threepenny bit , so my total spending money for the day amounted to tenpence . |
| 18 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 19 | Being signed by Hampshire as replacement for Andy Roberts just a few months after his Test debut gave him the chance to impress Clive Lloyd in county matches and in 1982 he really came good with 134 wickets , the best season 's haul since the reduction in championship matches in 1969 . |
| 20 | At the end of the EFL training course I did in London , a British Council type gave us all a pep talk before we were packed off to Ankara or Kuala Lumpur . |
| 21 | The not very exacting demands of a theology degree gave him time to make a lot of useful Anglican friends . |
| 22 | On the contrary , nothing from our coverage of the Communist party and its Peace Committee gave us grounds to suspect that they were manipulating C.N.D. |
| 23 | We found him seated on a particularly high section of wall sketching the decoration of an inner chamber , and when I climbed up beside him I noticed his vantage point gave him a clear view of the Toyota . |
| 24 | Thanks to her appealing appearance the Philadelphia audience gave her the benefit of the doubt and listened . |
| 25 | The boss nurse gave her two minutes and told her not to talk . |
| 26 | Nigel Kennedy , the punk violinist , sawed away in the background as a midwife , a builder , a pensioner and a child minder gave their testimony alongside a consultant paediatrician , a couple of professors , and several actors . |
| 27 | The Time-CNN poll gave him 33 per cent support , compared with 28 per cent for Bush and 24 per cent for Clinton . |
| 28 | At the beginning of December a Time-CNN poll gave his approval rating as 46 per cent , the first time throughout his entire presidency that it had fallen below 50 per cent . |
| 29 | Norman 's seven-birdie course record gave him a one-shot lead playing the 18th , but he should have known his chance had gone with Faldo having won two Augusta titles in extra time . |
| 30 | They grumble that the company 's membership of the British Franchise Association gave it a ring of confidence in which investors put their faith . |