Example sentences of "[coord] [art] [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 2 | Their Lordships accepted that there was no general duty to provide reasons but attached a caveat , that if the preponderance of reasons pointed in favour of taking action and the Minister gave no explanation for taking a different course , the court would infer that he had no good reason and that he was misusing his authority . |
| 3 | The butcher gave a turkey , and the hairdresser gave a shampoo and set , and a rather humorless psychiatrist who commutes to Portsmouth gave an hour 's consultation . |
| 4 | He liked to live in company with another ; Bo-Bo had only negative virtues but , he had to admit , he would be lonely when she died , and the doctors gave her no more than a year . |
| 5 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 6 | A Liverpudlian like you , ’ Joe said , and the boy gave him a thumbs-up signal as he ran back to his classroom . |
| 7 | Certain matters must however have been put in hand for on 18 August Sir William wrote requesting one of ‘ Mr Plenty 's designed lifeboats of 20 feet length ’ , and the Committee gave approval on 25 August . |
| 8 | Somebody must be doing his mending for him , as she was doing Willis 's , and the idea gave her a stab of pain which she could n't relate to her other feelings . |
| 9 | The process of theory taught me how to research , and the substance gave me critical tools . |
| 10 | I read the Blues Brothers review and the soundtrack gave me an idea : why not have a soundtrack chart in ZZAP ! ? |
| 11 | Realising that there was nothing more she could get out of him , Folly signed mechanically , and the man gave an exaggerated sigh of relief . |
| 12 | The Minister is backing away from the commitment that the Scottish Transport Group and the Government gave , and is now saying that the money must go back into the Treasury 's coffers . |
| 13 | Charley rubbed her hands and the Dodger gave her a drink from the bottle he carried . |
| 14 | Eight voted for the affirmative and negative and the Chairman gave his casting vote in favour . " |
| 15 | Fraser 's had two thousand pounds in cash and been allowed lots of time by the airforce , and the army gave him a radio used in the Falklands — the rest he 's done himself with a mortgage |
| 16 | Winger , Chrissy Allen was pulled down and the ref gave a penalty . |
| 17 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 18 | Whilst they achieved no reaction at all from the cereal taken from outside the phenomena , that from inside the circle and the stone gave three clockwise gyrations on the pendulum followed by three anti-clockwise . |
| 19 | The curtains were pulled and the lamplight gave a cosy glow to the room . |
| 20 | In Iskandara 's sitting-room , a lamp had been lit beneath the two portraits , as if they were altars , and the lamplight gave the two faces an eerie look of real life . |
| 21 | It is time the public and the press gave it to them . |
| 22 | The newly established courts treated the offenders too lightly for the liking of the authorities , and the press gave the case unwelcome publicity . |
| 23 | Luke might not , but Folly did , and the memory gave her back the edge of anger . |
| 24 | The union was informed that a collective agreement — which as usual was not binding — between the company and the NUJ was to be terminated on 1 April 1990 and the company gave the union proper notice . |
| 25 | They all shook hands with me , and the Frenchman gave me a bag containing one dozen eggs before I clambered over the wall and into the orchard . |
| 26 | He heaved his shoulder against the trap and the nails gave instantly . |
| 27 | On race day , after all-night working at the factory , a solitary car turned up and the stewards gave special permission for driver Raymond Sommer to do three exploratory laps . |
| 28 | In former days the economical cycle hit different parts of the world at different times and the spread gave us a degree of stability . |
| 29 | Eventually Balvinder handed over a pocketful of change and the healer gave him a small pot of white powder . |
| 30 | The liquidator valued the machinery himself , and the court gave a declaration that this was contrary to the agreement , and therefore of no effect . |