Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] gave [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as I saw you go down I gave the order to fire , ’ Moran said . |
| 2 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 3 | , the large figures represent thousands of feet , the small ones hundreds of feet , and taken together they gave the safety height for the immediate vicinity |
| 4 | Suddenly he gave a start . |
| 5 | Suddenly he gave a cry and put his hand to the back of his neck . |
| 6 | Each ‘ hour ’ — Matins , Lauds , Vespers and so on — consisted of psalms , prayers and readings from scripture and the fathers and so it gave the nun a form Lectio . |
| 7 | Eventually she gave a shrug . |
| 8 | After being shown the red card as the players walked off he gave a TV interview allegedly slating some European referees , and now faces a possible ban from the game . |
| 9 | ‘ Thereafter we were always chasing the match and late on we gave a try away after attempting to break out of defence . ’ |
| 10 | A moment later she gave an exclamation of relief . |
| 11 | On a day when the general debate centred on whether or not games should be held when gales are blowing , Jess ruined a few arguments by going about his business so smoothly he gave the impression that in those areas of the field in which he moved , the wind had been magically stilled . |
| 12 | The music stopped and now he gave the newcomer his full attention . |
| 13 | now what gave the reason for that so we can all follow it quite clearly see if I 've got this right , was the reason for the updating of the service charges once a year in the brochure , the fact that if you did n't update the brochure might mislead a prospective purchaser ? |
| 14 | ‘ Earlier today I gave the crown to my brother George . |
| 15 | Earlier today I gave the crown to my brother George . |
| 16 | ‘ A few years ago I gave a lecture at Preston Polytechnic and afterwards nine black girls , some of them with toddlers , stayed behind and we began to talk . |
| 17 | Some years ago he gave a sequence of exciting and idiosyncratic lectures on physics to students at Caltech . |
| 18 | Then I gave the police a run around the car park . |
| 19 | Then I gave the Jacuzzi a try . |
| 20 | Then someone gave a victory whoop and a voice shouted excitedly , ‘ Didya see th'size o ’ them bastards ? |
| 21 | ‘ OK , then you gave the game away yourself . |
| 22 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 23 | Earlier she gave a paper on Feminist Science Theory at the conference in Minneapolis . |
| 24 | Then we gave a concert for the 100th anniversary of the Dresden Bank . |
| 25 | Although the ‘ Coronation Streets ’ of pre-war Britain may have lacked many of the amenities we now take for granted , at least they gave a sense of continuity in community to the people living in them — a sense which was buried in the concrete of municipal improvement . |
| 26 | Then it gave a flick of its tail and it was gone . |
| 27 | Then he gave the calves almost the same treatment as I had and we left . |
| 28 | Here we can mention only a few events which led to major therapeutic developments , and pass by much else which gave the clues and spurs for progress . |
| 29 | She had only been in office a fortnight when she gave a lecture on social services at the ICO . |
| 30 | I can see why you gave the job up ! |