Example sentences of "gave we a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 2 | The delay gave us a chance to get to know the King a little better . |
| 3 | Then the Arsenal match gave us a chance to restore some pride — and I think we have done that . ’ |
| 4 | Frustrated at the limited roles offered to black actresses , they produced On A Level , a revue-style show ‘ which gave us a chance to express ourselves as artists , not stereotypes ’ . |
| 5 | They never gave us a chance with Stephen . |
| 6 | Now that we were being treated as human beings , rather than sorry creatures penned up in a basement , we could relax a bit , which gave us a chance to replenish our flagging energies . |
| 7 | We had over three hours before our train 's timetabled departure at 4 p.m. , which gave us a chance to look round Minehead , get a meal and try to find a place where we could taste a famous local product — scrumpy . |
| 8 | It gave us a chance to see what he was like as a person , because normally in an interview you 've got thirty to forty-five minutes in which to make a decision about a person.That can be very difficult . |
| 9 | Anyway , so they gave us a bottle of wine . |
| 10 | It gave us a bit of a giggle in the office , but I have to say it 's not the sort of thing that we would show to the public . |
| 11 | Although nobody outside the club gave us a prayer of winning , the lads had already done the difficult part of the job by turning the tide at Anfield . |
| 12 | Debbie White gave us a crash course on the Friday morning . |
| 13 | And they gave us a sheet . |
| 14 | They gave us a sheet . |
| 15 | They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us ! |
| 16 | Completing these and other joint improvement activities gave us a total of more than £1m saved in 1991 , making some £4m since we began our haulier performance improvement programme . |
| 17 | At this year 's Wimbledon , Henri Leconte and Gut Forget gave us a sneak preview of the Autumn ‘ Roland Garros ’ ensemble — a matching tracksuit , short , shirt and jersey in dominant white with a green double stripe running through . |
| 18 | You all gave us a day to remember and a memory we 'll never forget . |
| 19 | gave us a poster . |
| 20 | ‘ He flew me , and a friend out there , put us up for three nights , then gave us a holiday in the Florida Keys , all paid for ’ . |
| 21 | She says about herself and Medau : ‘ I think it was 1940 when Medau came my way — Molly , her mother and Edith came to a League of Health and Beauty group , and Molly gave us a Medau class . |
| 22 | The use of this material could very well gave us a clue to the date of the first stone church at Halling . |
| 23 | ‘ The recession gave us a window of opportunity , ’ he said at the time . |
| 24 | He had spent several years in the Sudan and he gave us a tip : ‘ Never take a taxi there , ’ he said , ‘ without fixing the price for the journey before you get in . ’ |
| 25 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
| 26 | Yes they gave us a drink of beer and that erm and that was entirely up to them and erm . |
| 27 | She gave no she gave us a drink what was |
| 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 | He gave us a grin of yellow teeth . |
| 30 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |