Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [pron] [adv] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when my parent says to me , give those two units of parental investment that I just gave you , to , to offspring B I do n't want to , because the benefit to offspring B , or rather the genes I share with offspring B , does n't compensate sate me for the , for the sacrifice . |
| 2 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 3 | Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do . |
| 4 | The first man , Maui , begged Mafulke for a little fire and she reluctantly gave him one of her fingers . |
| 5 | By the way , I really must correct a false impression that I inadvertently gave just now ; I said you would be permitted to observe our sacred and ancient rites . |
| 6 | Periodic relapse occurred over the next 4 months and I then gave Lyc LM1 . |
| 7 | I think it 's very hard to separate the two , but it 's a big chicken and egg , to say which came first , the social conditions or the furnishings is erm is very hard to say , but they are , I mean like in that example that I just gave , they 're very strongly tied up . |
| 8 | In working life he is a Boeing 747 pilot and he also gave an in-depth demonstration on the blood curdling medieval art . |
| 9 | Some 400 million years ago , they found ways of surviving out of water and made such a success of life in their new surroundings that they ultimately gave rise to the most numerous and diverse group of all land animals , the insects . |
| 10 | Locke does suggest , indeed , erm and erm the example that , the rather silly example that I just gave is meant to bring this out , erm that of course those who have only given tacit consent are not full members of that civil society . |