Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [conj] [pron] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | place on Sunday and they gave me a meal . |
| 2 | When he says of Bilbo that he gave up the Ring ‘ of his own accord : an important point ’ , he may be saying only that Bilbo ca n't have become too badly addicted , or more moralistically that Bilbo 's good impulse will help his cure . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're looking a bit tired , ’ Maggie commented to Laura as she gave the porridge another stir . |
| 4 | A year ago , the Commons listened in silence as she gave a graphic eyewitness account of the suffering of Kurdish refugees on the Iran-Iraq border in the aftermath of the Gulf War . |
| 5 | I looked at Jean-Claude as he gave me these instructions and I saw a side of him I did not recognize . |
| 6 | ‘ Bear in mind that I gave my evidence after Blissett had been charged by the FA for a serious breach of the laws of the game — and the experienced commission of inquiry , which conducted a rigorous investigation into the incident , cleared him . |
| 7 | There was an icy contempt in her voice , and his face darkened in anger before he gave a faint dismissive shrug of his broad shoulders . |
| 8 | It was n't suggested to Mr when he gave evidence that there was another man at the flat that night , I am told that if it had been his answer would have been an unequivocal no . |
| 9 | I remembered that German lad at er sat at side and I gave of one my gun buttons and he gave me this postcard . |