Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His card message system gave him the freedom to go out alone and hail a taxi , showing the driver the appropriate card for the place he wanted to visit . |
| 2 | Then editor Ian Pye gave me my first assignment : ‘ Do the gig guide . |
| 3 | WE DID N'T need confirmation that the Department of Social Security is staffed with bureaucratic clowns , but their idiotic treatment of Olympic archery hero Simon Terry gave it . |
| 4 | Lady de Vesci gave them her splendid London house at 28 Bruton Street , and it was thought he should have a seat in Parliament . |
| 5 | Goals from Rush and rookie Don Hutchison gave them victory after Yugoslav international Milenko Spoliaric had given the Cypriots a shock lead . |
| 6 | As Hall departed for the dressing room , incensed Everton boss Howard Kendall gave him a tongue-lashing from the dugout . |
| 7 | As she sat down , Turning Point chairman Ted Unsworth gave her a huge vote of confidence on behalf of all the charities . |
| 8 | The look Sir Thomas gave her was not a pleasant one , as he defiantly took a sizeable helping of goose . |
| 9 | He noticed the shrewd examination Dame Sybil gave them , and hoped she would believe that Isabel 's worn gown and his stained raiment were the clothing of impoverished nobility . |
| 10 | Teen idol Tony Curtis gave his greatest performance as the snivelling press agent , a slimy toadie in a den of vipers . |
| 11 | The title Marie Stopes gave her birth control society — the Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress — was thus significant . |
| 12 | It 's a pad Uncle Jim gave me |
| 13 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 14 | In April 1989 a United States drug enforcement agent gave his personal guarantee that in two years time the United Kingdom would have a serious crack problem . |
| 15 | He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons . |
| 16 | DUBLINER Martin Sludds gave himself a major boost with a sparkling 68 over the hugely demanding K Club course at Straffan , to lead the Smurfit Irish PGA Championship by four shots at the halfway stage . |
| 17 | Company chairman Frank Bell made a formal presentation to Margaret recently in recognition of her contribution to CCG , while area manager Gordon Hume gave her a crystal vase . |
| 18 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 19 | On Wednesday morning of the second week Captain Trentham gave them their first lecture on the history of the Royal Fusiliers . |
| 20 | He was released by Bristol City two months ago but Bath manager Tony Ricketts gave him a chance and he rewarded the GM Vauxhall Conference club with the winner against Cardiff . |
| 21 | This afternoon Nelson Mandela gave his verdict . |
| 22 | We was talking about the love bite Pete gave me and everything ! |
| 23 | VIOLINIST Nigel Kennedy gave his last public performance of the Four Seasons in heavy rain at an open-air concert in Edinburgh . |
| 24 | A shrill bleep from the missile detection system gave him a brief forewarning that his aircraft was being scanned by radar tracking devices . |
| 25 | I also must add that as far as the war moved to its close , crews became increasingly better ; the output of the Empire Air Training Scheme gave us crews with more experience ; second and even third tours crews were returning to Operations ; and in the final phase , in daylight , the casualty rate dropped dramatically . |
| 26 | As the lift stopped at our floor Ira Dilworth gave me a dark look , admonishing my temerity . |
| 27 | Education Secretary John Patten gave his seal of approval to the University which not only teaches it 's own staff , but caters for it 's future workforce . |
| 28 | On his birthday Auntie Lou gave him a pair of leather gloves with fur linings and Mr Evans gave him a Holy Bible with a soft , red cover and pictures inside . |
| 29 | He jumped down and grabbed one , I ran after him , trod on the screws , fell , hurting my gouty foot and breaking the blue vase Auntie Dolly gave us for christmas . |
| 30 | When he sat down again to finish his kedgeree Aunt Tossie gave him quite a funny look , and burst out laughing . |