Example sentences of "gave [noun prp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But trainer-manager Alan Toweel tells me : ‘ The crowd gave Pierre a standing ovation and then Bowe came into our dressing-room .
2 And they gave ITN a film to smuggle out which they said was proof of beatings .
3 Oxford old boy John Aldridge was looking for his 40th goal of the season … it came just two minutes after Durnin 's … and gave Aldridge the eclub record he was looking for .
4 The winding-up petition comes after the Court of Appeal last week gave Chelsea a deadline of seven days in which to come up with the money .
5 What Scunthorpe managed last season Scarborough achieved despite the disappointment of seeing one of their most sustained periods of pressure relieved with the Steve Clarke goal which gave Chelsea the lead .
6 Left alone again the two men faced each other , but Joshua gave Denis no time to think about his next move .
7 Ryan , who gave Johanna a pair of satin pyjamas for Christmas , said they often went to the seaside at Great Yarmouth together and he got on well with her parents .
8 Jack Charlton gave Stewart the chance to star alongside Gazza and Peter Beardsley when he signed him for Newcastle from QPR .
9 This French visit gave Webb the idea of growing rape-seed for oil to dress cloth .
10 Germany 's position on the developmental ‘ gap ’ between East and West Europe , between the feudal and industrial worlds , meant that Germany was subject to fear of Western competition and envy of Western colonial markets ; the proximity of poorly developed lands to the East gave Germany the opportunity to rectify its lack of colonial holdings and to sink its internal problems in external conquest .
11 The former skipper had the misfortune of conceding the own-goal which gave Swindon a play-off victory at Wembley two years ago but he still led the team out in the First Division the next season .
12 But he won in the end … a brilliant save from the kick kept Southend out … gave Swindon a point and took them back upto fourth in the first division
13 But he won in the end … a brilliant save from the kick kept Southend out … gave Swindon a point and took them back upto fourth in the first division
14 In the end , Francie gave Melanie a pound note from his fiddling money .
15 He also gave Minton a copy of Pinet 's 1733 edition of Horace , with its engraved decorations , and asked him to use it as a starting point .
16 On November 10 , an Eddie Loyden goal gave Tranmere a Friday night Prenton win against Swansea , but Southport ( Frank Lee ) lost 3-1 at Colchester .
17 It gave Scarlet the impression that she had grown very old and from now on might just as well go round in her shroud .
18 Emily gave Florrie a meaning look and said , ‘ Now you 're both here , you wo n't mind if I slip out and do a little shopping ?
19 He gave Kellerman the location .
20 The stay in Christchurch gave William a chance to get on with his schoolwork and he did this , with a remarkable strength of purpose .
21 Kilmarnock were unlucky in the first half when Gus McPherson hit the crossbar , but goals from Paul Harvey and Craig Flannigan after the break gave Clydebank the points .
22 She gave Victoria a banana whenever she saw her and would tell Melanie to help herself from the baskets of nuts .
23 He gave Stieber the number he was calling from , told him to call him back from outside .
24 Two Paul Eastwood penalties against one to Rudd gave Hull a glimmer of hope .
25 This gave Ian the idea of setting up a similar , small-scale , homely establishment in the Highlands .
26 The fact that his books of the 1950s and 1960s , like Our Plundered Planet , had examined environmental issues that few people , other than Rachel Carson , were concerned with then , gave Murray a forerunner status in the emerging American green movement , and he linked this with the tradition of home-grown anarchism : ‘ What we are trying to do , ’ he wrote , ‘ is to redeem certain aspects of the American Dream .
27 It did n't seem my sort of thing at all and I gave Harvey a glance to indicate it .
28 Neither writer gave McQueen the credit of his own history ; neither enquired into , or assessed , the status he might have had before the ‘ 45 Rebellion , in which he had participated , and by which he had most likely been reduced to keeping this crude but hospitable inn .
29 Even I was terrified the first time it happened , when Art rolled over to our table , gave Tod a kind of rabbit punch that almost broke his neck , and said , incredibly loudly ,
30 Turner immediately stopped dead in his tracks , gave Doyle a look that might have killed .
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