Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] gave [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 2 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 3 | Fortunately , it was easy to make a decision as Wayne Shelford was already at the club and he gave me an insight into what it was all about and what to expect . ’ |
| 4 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 5 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 6 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 7 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 8 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
| 11 | Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous |
| 12 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 13 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 14 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 15 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 16 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 17 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
| 18 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world . |
| 21 | I think that day that they gave me a lift home . |
| 22 | Surely , do we know if we receive him and believe in his name and he gave us the power to become |
| 23 | He claimed the housing market was showing signs of revival but he gave it a prod anyway by raising the threshold on stamp duty from £30,000 to £60,000 , move that will help mainly first-time buyers . |
| 24 | For instance , I recall one evening he came to me and took out a matchbox and he gave it a couple of shakes ; I thought there were matches inside , hut he opened the box and inside were some very evil-looking pills , about the size of , or a little larger , than a Beecham 's pill . |
| 25 | She could feel his heartbeat against her breast and it gave her a feeling of longing she had never experienced before . |
| 26 | And my sister told me that she met with him after Mass this morning and he gave her an envelope . " |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I worked in up there about nineteen fifty or fifty one when I had a dispute with the manager and I gave him a week 's notice . |
| 29 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 30 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |