Example sentences of "but [pron] gave [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing gave me the right to say it now . |
| 2 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 3 | He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement . |
| 4 | I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole . |
| 5 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 6 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 7 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 8 | ‘ But you gave her an ‘ A ’ , Luke , ’ she whispered . |
| 9 | She passed several men , but none gave her a second glance . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He waved to me , but she gave me a menacing glare . |
| 12 | Folly doubted if she would care what Luke got up to , but she gave her the flowers none the less . |
| 13 | Flaubert was distressed and begged for mercy , but she gave him no quarter . ’ |
| 14 | He tried to start things up in a halfhearted sort of way , but she gave him an ultimatum . |
| 15 | She had been disappointed in her first sight of him , but she gave him an amused little smile , hoping that he was not one who doted on cats . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're so sorry about what happened to poor old Goosie Lucy but she gave us no choice . |
| 17 | But we gave them a lesson . |
| 18 | The arguments were upsetting , but they gave them a burning desire to win — to prove officialdom wrong . |
| 19 | The airport hotel was an expensive way to live , but they gave him a trade reduction , which seemed the logically absurd extension of a farcical situation . |
| 20 | The plans were sent to the Governors of the Greenwich Hospital , but they gave him no encouragement . |
| 21 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 22 | The man was perfectly cool , but he gave me a very evil look , which made me feel sick in my stomach . |
| 23 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 24 | ‘ But he gave me the car … . ’ |
| 25 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 26 | When he and his brothers left this world , I could not go with him , but he gave me the gift of never growing old . |
| 27 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 28 | But he gave her a hand and they sat side by side on the hot wood , pouring sea water , steaming . |
| 29 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 30 | She looked at him quickly , but he gave her no chance to reply . |