Example sentences of "but [art] [noun] gave [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't particularly enjoy being a guest of Her Majesty but the experience gave me the chance to get my priorities straight , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 3 | The poor sod does n't like it , but the boss gave him no choice . |
| 4 | ‘ We knew we had to battle but the players gave me everything . |
| 5 | But the boots gave me a blister . |
| 6 | Polly Peck got credit unsecured but the banks gave it without a term , that was Nadir 's ( above ) biggest Mistake ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I found the last 20 minutes extremely hard but the lads gave me every encouragement and I am delighted , ’ he said . |
| 8 | He was a queer fish , but the town gave him a rough ride when they got the chance . ’ |
| 9 | Hillary did n't actually manage to reach the summit of Makut Parbat which was his main objective , but the expedition gave him invaluable experience . |
| 10 | I remember being unable to connect those grainy breasts and pubic hair with anything in my own life — flesh , for instance — but the image gave me a mysterious frisson which I mistakenly took for sex . |