Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [coord] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharon Gless , of television 's Cagney and Lacey fame , collected her 1987 Emmy for the best actress category and gave much of the credit to Lazaris , her spirit guide . |
| 2 | We took them down to Max 's Kansas City and gave one to Micky Ruskin the owner , we gave one to the DJ ; and we gave one to Lisa Robinson , the reporter . |
| 3 | Elizabeth Mowbray poured a little wine into a silver cup and gave it to her . |
| 4 | Panic assumed the Defence portfolio and gave Minister without Portfolio Ljubisa Rakic responsibility for co-ordinating the government 's international activities . |
| 5 | When leaving on his epic journey around the world , Phileas Fogg encountered a begging woman with her child at Charing Cross Station and gave her the proceeds of his recent success at whist . |
| 6 | They used a saline solution as the test flavour and gave different groups of subjects pre-exposure either to saline itself or to some other flavour or flavours . |
| 7 | It was a brilliant tactical move which killed seven birds with one stone , gave The Smiths four pages in Melody Maker and gave the fanzines a slice of national exposure . |
| 8 | He was offered a test drive and gave his verdict ; a big thumbs up , before he even left the gate . |
| 9 | She caught sight of her own reflection in the full-length mirror behind the wardrobe door and gave a disgusted snort . |
| 10 | Haverford ground his cigarette out into the remainder of the butter left on his croissant plate and gave what he described as one of his ‘ nice loose coughs ’ as he grinned at his son-in-law . |
| 11 | Over by the piano , Mary Bunn squirmed on her piano stool and gave him a one . |
| 12 | The District was represented by Wash , Pateman and Sophie Green as well as Shearman who had prepared the main conference document and gave the keynote talk . |
| 13 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 14 | It was Aamodt 's fourth successive race victory and gave him the title for the discipline , if not the major prize . |
| 15 | The Hospital Infection Society Working Party 's guidelines also suggested a two tier approach and gave a list of 16 inoculation risk categories of patients . |
| 16 | Its first successful pieces of legislation were repayments to Labour for their support during the election : the Trade Disputes Act 1906 , which reversed the Taft Vale decision and gave unions immunity from prosecution for non-violent acts in furtherance of an industrial dispute , and the extension of Women 's Compensation , also in 1906 . |
| 17 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 18 | Ex-international Janet Swan played an exhibition game and gave expert tips , and Mayor Eddie Bolland was on hand to present the prizes . |
| 19 | Norman Lamont declined the Prime Minister 's offer of a move to Environment Secretary and gave in his resignation . |
| 20 | Quigley leaped into the air like a monkey that has sat on a bunsen burner and gave a sort of primal grunt . |
| 21 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 22 | ‘ He went to the auld mither and gave her money . |
| 23 | Irene slipped a few rich chocolates in a plastic bag and gave them to her daughter . |
| 24 | They took these from Father Christmas and gave them to the nurses , who gave them to the hospital children . |
| 25 | Born in Fife , Scotland in 1936 , Clark was the son of a wealthy sheep farmer and gave up his education at the age of 16 to work on the farm . |
| 26 | ‘ Cosier , do n't you think ? ’ she said coyly , as she slid into a chair nearest the kitchen door and gave him what he could only assume was her standard come-hither look . |
| 27 | This session focused on a pilot survey and gave an account of the range of employment possibilities for minority language speakers , e.g. public services ( education , law civil service , broad-casting etc. ) private sector ( computer technology and word- processing , publishing , banking and financial services , travel and tourism , and the garment industry ) . |
| 28 | She took him to the Science Museum and gave him an encyclopaedia , which explained how the internal combustion engine worked — ‘ I was intrigued immensely ’ . |
| 29 | He was godfather to a child born in a Bakerloo Line train and gave her a silver christening mug when she was named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor . |
| 30 | He turned up his coat collar and gave his eyes time to adjust to the thickness of the night fog . |