Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pron] gave " in BNC.

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1 Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief .
2 In this context penalties are implicitly treated as if they gave the exact decrease in objective function when a variable is branched on ( as opposed to just a bound ) .
3 We all kept our place but we all It was As I said , just as if they gave you credit for what you could do .
4 It is as if he gave them up for dead when they left Shiloh .
5 I nod , as if he gave me useful advice .
6 It 's not as if I gave you much choice .
7 Theirs is cider and Carslberg special and Emva Cream , and mine is a bottle of brandless brandy and lo-cal ginger ale , ever figure conscious as if anyone gave a damn .
8 I try to see Oreste , or used to before I gave up the torture , but all I see is a baby , fat and dimpled … ’
9 And , without waiting for a reply to his question about whether she gave Morton tacit approval for the book which became the biggest seller in the history of royal publishing , Philip went on to accuse his daughter-in-law of putting the dignity of the Crown at risk .
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