Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hair was splendidly awry because of the lead curling strips which , when removed , would leave her with a glorious gold-bright halo , but which now gave her angry face the fierce and tangled aspect of a Greek Fury . |
| 2 | ‘ I liked your family very much , but you deliberately gave them the wrong impression about me , ’ she said angrily . |
| 3 | So she watched television and erm Princess Diana erm said something shocking at lunchtime at a luncheon party or lunch party and erm maybe just erm ten days before that Princess Diana 's announcement we were told by the Register Teacher that we will have an assignment of in February and we will compare some newspapers articles and maybe she did n't explain very erm specifically but she just gave us erm the brief information about er register assignment in February and she told us that we should er we should collect some newspapers about the same title was about the same topic and ho we should compare how each newspaper treated , treats the er news or what do you call that ? |
| 4 | Yeah I know I know it 's got a lot of milk in and I did ask for it for you , but she still give me one like that . |
| 5 | but she never give us another one |
| 6 | And in fact we even er I 'm not sure whether this is still in operation , but we even give them an idea of the categories . |
| 7 | And it 's not , you know , it 's not really much chemistry in it , especially if they do n't ask you f for this er equation but they just give it to you . |
| 8 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
| 9 | Such programmes not only allow us to expand our market share in today 's tough world , but they also give us the opportunity of being involved in the very earliest stages of our customer 's product development process , offering us exciting scope for new business . |
| 10 | But they always gave me the choice first and put me in a dilemma , though I did n't know the meaning of the word then . |
| 11 | But they never give you time . |
| 12 | I saw my mother once a day at dinner time and I saw my father three or four times a week , but they never gave me any love . |
| 13 | Most of the glasses probably contained hot milk or even worse , but they certainly gave me a thirst . |
| 14 | But he also gave me enough to cover all my fees , legal fees . |
| 15 | But he also gives it an edge and an urgency that turn it into much more than an abstract cafe debate . |
| 16 | But he also gives you a feeling that she was trying to show the difference good and evil , in other words , Jane refused to hate her but she did hate her . |
| 17 | PETER NIVEN ( Rubika ) : ‘ Mine just was n't fast enough to stay with the leaders but he still gave me a wonderful ride . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not saying that 's , okay , you got a bit misled by the instructions but do n't worry , but he still gave you could see that you know he was , you know , he was just |
| 19 | But he certainly gave me the impression the boat belonged to him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I met a parson once that was good to me , but he never gave me any treacle tart , just a kind message of 'ope . |
| 21 | But it also gives them space to express themselves . |
| 22 | But it still gives you a pang to see performers of the calibre of Stephen Moore , Sian Phillips and Sheila Steafel trapped voluntarily in a vehicle heading nowhere . |
| 23 | Clearly that 's crucial — but it only gives us the opportunity to make profit . |
| 24 | You can not blame a brilliant young player who takes , say , the $200,000 he or she is offered , to play just for one night but it inevitably gives them a totally false impression of life and what their tennis priorities ought to be . |
| 25 | ‘ Lone and level sands ’ — that 's Ozymandias , you know — but it really gives you no idea . |