Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adj] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit . |
| 2 | It seems that the seductive Suzie gave him a hard time one way and another . ’ |
| 3 | In the summer of 1945 he began to make more use of the enormous scope that the interim regime gave him to shape the future of the country . |
| 4 | Erm when the work study consultants came in , er we inquired as to one , whether their scheme was going to cover everybody because we were not satisfied that the existing scheme gave everybody the incentive that was required to keep people in harmony . |
| 5 | Those who attended valued the experience that the two days gave them , and look forward to the next such occasion . |
| 6 | This was intended to be a temporary measure , but it was so successful that the Chinese authorities gave it formal recognition for the whole of Aglen 's term as inspector-general ( 1911–27 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I have the map that the old man gave me today , ’ said Giles . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , I agreed to carry his bag like a shot , and the Irish golfer gave me some very basic instruction in my duties over a couple of pints of the dark stuff from his native land . |
| 9 | We got out at Pendre and Graham and the chief engineer gave us very detailed guided tours showing the extent of operations . |
| 10 | In 1907 , however , the Bondholders had a great deal more at risk than in the 1960 's and the 2:1 arrangement gave them some protection and rights over their own investments and the Club 's destiny . |
| 11 | I was twenty-one at the time and the whole experience gave me a lot of confidence . ’ |
| 12 | And the whole meeting gave its backing to urging the Government to re-think the scheme . |
| 13 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
| 14 | Two lapwings , a couple of villagers and a curious dog gave us a fine send off . |
| 15 | Only Father Kolbe remained alive until a bored guard gave him a fatal injection of carbolic acid . |
| 16 | ‘ Flexi-time was seen as a staff perk , but the new system gave us , management , something back . |
| 17 | Another couple of feet and Joey Beauchamp would have had a penalty , but the free kick gave them a goal with Mike Ford supplying the header . |
| 18 | In little over a year since the British government gave its approval to CB , the Home Office has been inundated with six to eight thousand complaints of interference each month . |
| 19 | A report by the National Council of Public Morals on The Cinema ( 1917 ) had also scrutinised the problem , entertaining a wide variety of evidence — on such matters as the educational potential of the cinema , censorship and licensing , the molestation of children in picture palaces , and a clouded discussion of what was somewhat eerily called ‘ the moral dangers of darkness ’ — as well as some monosyllabic evidence from children themselves on whether the moving pictures gave them bad dreams . |
| 20 | A four-hour siege has ended peacefully after an armed man gave himself up to police . |