Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [adv] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons to be explained , the original legislation was found to be defective , and was amended in 1976 ( and placed into the legislative context of the Public Order Act 1936 ) , but even after amendment it still gave rise to complaints that it fell short of the aspirations of its promoters in its effects . |
| 2 | Sheila was the kind of person who always gave so much to other people . |
| 3 | These were the kind of questions they never gave you in catechism . |
| 4 | The menu , when our waitress finally rustled one up seemed limited to the sort of dishes which once gave British cuisine a bad name . |
| 5 | In the middle of June he suddenly gave up . |
| 6 | Every day the London Evening Standard carried two or three small classified advertisements headed LOANS from lenders who only gave their telephone numbers , viz : |
| 7 | One or two people in the streets talked to me , including the man who sold the corn to feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square — in fact he even gave me a kiss . |
| 8 | Er in fact I never gave telephone call it 's no good telling me to do something |
| 9 | And to women it rarely gave any opportunity at all . |
| 10 | I have decided , however , in the interests of posterity , to cut nothing , though I may take the liberty of annotating the text here and there , putting some of the facts straight and referring the reader to related documents , such as interviews you once gave or books and articles on you which have since appeared . |