Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] and gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remembered the bit about the Latin homework and gave Marie half of my last stick of bubble-gum. all the kids were watching us . |
| 2 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 3 | She looked into his face , saw the serious expression and gave a short , harsh laugh , fighting to hide the hurt . |
| 4 | Dublin 's toe-job on the end of Brian McClair 's downward header lifted United off the bottom of the Premier League and gave Fergie his first reason to smile this season . |
| 5 | Instead of being handed the life sentence he so richly deserved , Waddell was released from Barlinnie the following year and gave yet another confession to the Ayr murder to the Evening News : ‘ It was me all right . ’ |
| 6 | The press picked up the story the following day and gave it wide coverage . |
| 7 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that erm they totally solve the problem of what to do with the brighter children , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes because the sort of pupil we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptional in their own right . |
| 8 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 9 | The teachers , however , decided that we needed to be kept busy over the long weekend and gave us lots of work to do . |
| 10 | Federal Prime Minister Brian Mulroney described the proposals as a further stage of the consultative process and gave assurances that a " precise constitutional offer " would be presented to Quebec in mid-April . |
| 11 | Luke ignored the heavy sarcasm and gave her a cool look . |
| 12 | Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield . |
| 13 | She walked out of the front door and gave it a satisfying slam behind her . |
| 14 | Asmodeus took hold of the front bumper and gave the cab an almighty shake . |
| 15 | She lifted a large saucepan of eggs from on top of the hot range and gave one to each person . |
| 16 | Dreamy and passive , she lay in the scented water and gave in to Adam 's sensual massage . |
| 17 | Yep … thanks Chappie … you helped pull us back into the big time and gave us a lot of enjoyment ( even when you fell over when trying to control the ball : - ) . |
| 18 | Following Alfa 's declining interest in Grand Prix racing Nuvolari moved to Auto Union during the 1938 season and gave them victories in the Italian and British Grands Prix . |
| 19 | On 24 January 1992 Cazalet J. granted the local authority the necessary leave and gave various directions which are not material for present purposes . |
| 20 | ‘ It is this Government which introduced Dublin rule through the Anglo-Irish Agreement and gave encouragement to the terrorists and they 're responding in kind . ’ |
| 21 | As usual when we entered a church together , I dipped my finger in the holy water and gave you a drop from my fingertips , so that we could cross ourselves together , like a novio and novia . |
| 22 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway the woman in the bus saw his picture in this evening 's paper , told the local bobby and gave him the boy 's uncle 's address which the lad had passed on to her the previous evening . |