Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [pron] gave [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | right , and I look over to Roger and Roger 's flicking through his notes like this and as you , you were peeping through and he 's trying to find out what , what he 's talking about , they 're not looking at each other and anyway at the end of it , er we went through it and at the end of it he turned round and went how was it , what were you playing at , what was that spiel that you gave it 's in my brief , that 's one of my objections |
| 2 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 3 | They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us ! |
| 4 | And my sister told me that she met with him after Mass this morning and he gave her an envelope . " |
| 5 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 6 | The Act was welcomed by many old people because it gave them a regular income free from the taint of poor relief ; though many , rightly , criticized it for giving ‘ too little too late in life ’ , that little was more than had been given before . |
| 7 | She could have tried for goal , but Mike had an easier shot so she gave him a lightning , nearside , under-the-neck pass . |
| 8 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 9 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 10 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 11 | Our eyes met , and all the ‘ sir ’ melted out of his honest heart as he gave me his hand . |
| 12 | In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom . |
| 13 | The ten-point margin reflected the Police 's overall superiority and it gave them a deserved triumph in only their second appearance in the final . |
| 14 | a real hand and I gave you about thirty chances , they all stuck together . |
| 15 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 16 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 17 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 18 | It was a strange place and it gave him strange ideas ; he was oddly aware of those who had played , and loved and quarrelled there . |
| 19 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 20 | I think that day that they gave me a lift home . |
| 21 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 22 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
| 23 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 24 | She thinks it 's those gloves that she gave you , keeping you warm . ’ |
| 25 | Des O'Grady must have made some audacious remark to her in his broad Irish accent for she gave him a wide grin , showing her impeccable set of incisors . |
| 26 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
| 27 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 28 | There was once years and years ago , he came in one night and I gave him these three pieces of paper and er what was it ? |
| 29 | Yeah sir , I just missed out one word and you gave me two . |
| 30 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |