Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adj] [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took the briefs and carried the tablets of stone back to their Branches , where this particular Manager gave out hell at the futility of it all . |
| 2 | There was a single stall lengthwise against the wall on each side of the entrance door , then a space , then two more box-stalls , one on each side , then a space where big sliding doors gave access to the outer world for loading and unloading . |
| 3 | At the other extreme are those who have argued that specific Protestant doctrines gave a direct and positive stimulus to scientific research . |
| 4 | And first I want to discuss this idea of hopeful monsters , which is a phrase which goes back to Richard Goldsmith , the geneticist , who argued that occasionally a single — well he was vague about what kind of mutation he had in mind , because he had really rather odd ideas about what genes were and so on but he held occasionally that some genetic change gave rise in some sense in a single dialectical leap to organisms strikingly different from their parents and that speciation consisted of the establishment of such hopeful monsters or macro mutations . |
| 5 | Union leaders representing more than 8,000 white-collar staff gave warning of more stoppages and said the company was on a collision course . |
| 6 | I really do n't deserve the loyalty that these two men gave me . |
| 7 | IN THEIR home and away strips , shell suits and trainers , more than 1,000 budding footballers gave Dundee District Council the red card yesterday over plans to raise the cost of hiring pitches and dressing rooms , writes James Rougvie . |
| 8 | Abu Khadra 's heavily boned face and strong rectangular glasses gave him a slightly fearsome appearance . |
| 9 | The service ground its way through , because the lady organist insisted on playing the hymns Lentissimo and this slow pace gave torments to the new vicar . |
| 10 | The social repercussions of Emancipation and accelerated economic development gave rise to a range of diverse pressures upon the regime . |
| 11 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 12 | But that first dive gave me the taste . |
| 13 | Whether this means that life originated just once , or that it originated many times , each origin acquiring a different code , but that one origin gave rise to more successful competitors , we do not know . |
| 14 | So was her plea that being famous was ‘ terrifying ’ , after one male admirer gave her a bouquet and a man on a motorbike ‘ kept staring at her ’ in a traffic jam . |
| 15 | When these same hands gave up playing under the onslaught of feline affection , the cat would wander off , but if they then began to play again , the cat immediately dashed back and resumed its licking . |
| 16 | I would also be responsible for financing the trip with respect to fuel , ferries , extra food and insurance , though several regimental charities gave donations . |