Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] gave [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month George Soros bought a 10% stake at $19.50 a share , a deal that gave a boost to the price of gold . |
| 2 | THE vote that gave the Democrats the White House and is expected to give them their tightest grip on Congress in decades also saw the first black woman elected to the Senate . |
| 3 | If I had to design an attractive luxury car that gave the optimum compromise between performance , space , noise level and fuel economy , it would quite probably resemble the 605 SVi . |
| 4 | Ford 's immediate responses were the Mustang and the Thunderbird — the cars that gave the company a distinct personality and reestablished it as an industry leader . |
| 5 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |
| 6 | Paul Arkwright looked at Dinah with his bright eyes and gave a hesitant smile with his full lips . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll just feel the cervix , ’ she said , and as Yvette became aware of the gentle examination , she opened her eyes and gave a doleful little whimper . |
| 8 | Marie-Christine caught Sabine 's eyes and gave an expressive wink . |
| 9 | Kelly sat in the jockeys ' stand at Sandown and gave a quiet laugh . |
| 10 | He attended two performances of Figaro and gave a concert at the opera house , which included the première of a new symphony he had written specially ( K.504 , known afterwards as the ‘ Prague ’ ) . |
| 11 | Having most of the action Ballymoney lost their concentration and gave the ball away for McNaugh to finish from a tight angle . |
| 12 | Case 2 — A woman of 85 with diabetes controlled by diet presented to the accident and emergency department and gave a history of loss of independence over two weeks and a fall . |
| 13 | He was looking for something which immobilised the car and gave an audible warning if it was broken into . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So you pushed her out of the car and gave the whole game away ? ’ |
| 15 | England were able to start with their captain Richard Leman and gave an outing to Don Williams . |
| 16 | IF HE is really so crafty , how come he blundered into Kuwait and gave the Americans a reason to hammer him ? |
| 17 | Mick Jagger put on a charming little Greek skirt and gave a free performance to thousands in London 's Hyde Park , while Bob Dylan headed down to the Isle of Wight for a three-day festival of dope , sex and rock ‘ n ’ roll attended by 150,000 fans . |
| 18 | George came and stood by his side and gave a low whistle . |
| 19 | She lolled a little to one side and gave a bleary smile and a screech of laughter . |
| 20 | Poolside attendants grabbed Robert as he struggled under the surface , dragged him to the side and gave the kiss of life . |
| 21 | When the bacon arrived she tucked the greaseproof package down the side and gave the bag to the child . |
| 22 | The neutralisation technique has been validated by double blind randomised trials , including food trials showing its effectiveness in preventing symptoms.Studies that failed to show effects evaluated the provocation of symptoms by food extracts ( not part of the standard technique ) ; that cited by Kay was also faulty in many respects and gave a wrong definition of the end point . |
| 23 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 24 | It was a case that bothered him because he felt that in the Assize Court the unfortunate man 's chances had been wrecked by that fool of a cocky young barrister who had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what had happened . |
| 25 | She made no attempt to disguise the sarcasm that gave an added cadence to her voice . |
| 26 | The Colorado , named ‘ river coloured red ’ by the Spanish , now flows green ; the silts and muds that gave the river its distinctive colour are trapped behind Glen Canyon Dam , fifteen miles upstream from the beginning of the Grand Canyon . |
| 27 | There was his deputy who had collated the intelligence that gave the itinerary of the Pakistani . |
| 28 | There was a handsome portico outside and four mock Grecian columns at the back of the front hall that gave the house a museum-like effect . |
| 29 | The guest speaker was Mrs. J. Atkinson who demonstrated decorating Easter cakes and gave a variety of tips in the use of soft icing . |
| 30 | She folded napkins to look like coronets and gave the crystal glasses a final polish before positioning them in groups to the right of each place . |