Example sentences of "and gave [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case is straightforward : the testator left his office ( in the civil service , for example ) or its value to a certain person , but changed his plan before death , sold the office and gave its value to that person . |
| 2 | Apparently , a Polish scientist analysed a meteorite and gave its composition , which including undetermined material added up to 100 000 . |
| 3 | But Felix Road was n't in the main town , nor yet on the outskirts ; it was situated to the north of the city and gave its name to the acres of housing that was home to the poor , the destitute , and the dregs of humanity . |
| 4 | Leicester solved it just in time and produced a town that spilled widely across the surrounding fields and gave its working class bigger and better houses , and wider streets , than almost anywhere else in industrial England . |
| 5 | Rachel relaxed , grateful , and gave her usual careful consideration to the matters before the meeting ; calmly ploughing through the minutiae and bureaucratic red tape of museum management , making the sort of useful contributions that she had made at any such meeting in the last twenty years . |
| 6 | But all the same , Mr Browning thought it wise that she should send to the Ogilvys a letter for Gigia to carry in which both she and Ferdinando formally requested the return of their young son and gave her power to remove him from the care of his aunt and conduct him to Italy . |
| 7 | I met her once on one of my off-duty bookshop prowls , took pity on her and gave her lunch . |
| 8 | Helen would n't hold on to anything properly in case mosquitoes jumped out of the suitcases and gave her malaria . |
| 9 | Finally the doctors sat Sandra down and told her Kelly 's body was rejecting the organs — and gave her six months to two years to live . |
| 10 | He also contrived to marry several times , on one occasion to a shrewish wench who so exasperated him that he leapt upon her and gave her such a beating that she held her peace thereafter . |
| 11 | ‘ He went to the auld mither and gave her money . |
| 12 | Angela stripe , co-owner of Clayton-Stripe International and a former member of Britain 's World Cup team , took one Madonna look-alike and gave her five fab hairstyles ! |
| 13 | The navy was the guarantee that Great Britain 's interests elsewhere could be looked after and gave her enormous strategical advantages outside Europe . |
| 14 | The Duchess lowered her cup of coffee and gave her young friend a compassionate look . |
| 15 | Evelyn peered through the newly installed spyhole after turning on the porch light , unfastened the two fresh locks and gave her visitor a radiant smile . |
| 16 | Honor found herself pressed to take the only available chair , grateful for the cool liquid which quenched her thirst and gave her time to regain at least some of her self-possession . |
| 17 | It moved uncertainly towards her , its uncut claws rattling on the tiles , and gave her hand a soft , wet greeting . |
| 18 | ‘ If she took her poor child back to his father and gave her husband a second chance , she would n't need money . ’ |
| 19 | Beth had soon discovered that David Miller had many weaknesses , but the one that concerned her most , and gave her reason to fear for the future , was his blind love for and loyalty to the monster who had raised him . |
| 20 | Seeing how low she was , Anthony decided that she needed to get out of the house and gave her reluctant permission to spend half of each day in court . |
| 21 | The barber took a knife to the thicket , weighed it when it was off , and gave her 2½ lb of hair wrapped up in tissue paper which the nurse briskly took from her as soon as they were outside because she did n't believe in being morbid . |
| 22 | He kept her company and gave her support when she was pregnant and did n't like to go out . |
| 23 | So she let in Vasilissa , set her by the fire , and gave her food . |
| 24 | So he made haste , and gave her water to drink in his helmet . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's a shame , ’ said Miranda and gave her hair three strokes backwards with her brush to make it puff . |
| 26 | Camille fell to her knees from the sofa and gave her mother 's leg a patronizing pat . |
| 27 | She was a Baptist Sunday-school teacher , and gave her son the name ‘ Carey ’ after a leading Baptist preacher in Leicester . |
| 28 | Alice and Unice came in and gave her little nods , and sat down and knitted . |
| 29 | He called Directory Enquiries and gave her name . |
| 30 | And , again in contrast to being a useful , helpful sensible little girl , was her cosy friendship with the changing series of under-housemaids who laughed so readily at her jokes and gave her lumps of sugar from morning tea trays — sometimes it was a peppermint . |