Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either way , it tends to confirm the view that collectivist reforms were doomed unless industry and commerce gave their consent . |
| 2 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 3 | The rescue helicopter still had n't arrived when we were fifteen miles from the coast and Warton gave me Blackpool 's frequency and wished me good day ’ . |
| 4 | The opera , like Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess the following year , used an all-Black cast and the staging and choreography gave it a British connection since it was by Frederick Ashton . |
| 5 | His absolute conviction at that time , reinforced by an extraordinary personal charm and magnetism gave me just the right insight and guidance that I needed . |
| 6 | He banished his brother to the west , along with his servants of darkness , although the spirits of thunder and lightning gave their allegiance to Hahgwehdiyu instead ; henceforth this god was depicted with a drum and a forked head-dress , representing these forces of nature . |
| 7 | She went inside for her briefcase and Steve gave her a thoughtful look as she passed him and then polished off the remains of his champagne in one gulp . |
| 8 | Money and generosity gave her a kindly power over Deer Forest . |
| 9 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
| 10 | But my aunty and uncle gave my cousins fifteen pounds each and have theirs to themselves . |
| 11 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |
| 12 | The numerous spidery capillaries scrawling their florid graffiti across her nose and cheeks gave their own silent clue as to her habits . |
| 13 | He took out his wallet and Reynolds gave him the parcel . |
| 14 | It was felt that married women like Butler should lead the movement , because her status as wife and mother gave her more authority to speak about the delicate issue of sexuality . |
| 15 | I was up last week and Doctor gave him , gave him an antibiotic erm he had |
| 16 | Controlling his own forces required more subtle tactics , for they could not be dismissed as " anti-Spain " and their part in his victory and elevation gave them a claim on his gratitude and on how post-war Spain would be shaped . |
| 17 | ‘ I came from a poor family in the countryside and communism gave me a chance for a better life . |
| 18 | When they submitted their paper and Fleischmann gave his first public presentation on 28 March it was this peak alone that was exhibited ; it is shown enlarged in Figure 7 with the number of counts in the vertical axis and the energy scale along the bottom . |
| 19 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 20 | Dukakis 's television performance and interviews gave it all away , as did those of his supporters . |
| 21 | On the boat , Johnson asked about ‘ the use of the dirk , with which he imagined the Highlanders cut their meat ’ , and was told they also had knives and forks , that the men tended to hand the knives and forks to the women after they had cut their own meat which they then ate from their hands , and that one old Macdonald retainer always ate fish with his fingers , claiming that ‘ a knife and fork gave it a bad taste ’ . |
| 22 | Laura seated herself on the bed and Rex gave her a good sniff . |
| 23 | By turns spiralling slowly upwards and sighing in resignation , it was already a much-loved concert piece before its use in the films The Elephant Man and Platoon gave it even greater popularity . |
| 24 | The food and rest gave me back my strength and I no longer felt ill . |
| 25 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 26 | John phoned him up looking for a bass player and Cliff gave him my number . |
| 27 | The city saw much conflict during El Cid 's campaigns , as the ebb and flow of conquest and recovery gave it first a Christian master and then a Moorish one . |
| 28 | Francie and Margaret gave her light , dry , affectionate kisses on each cheek . |
| 29 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 30 | In the end , my coach , family and fiance gave me the support and encouragement to relax and go back out there and run . ’ |