Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |
| 2 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister bristled and gave nothing . |
| 4 | Before she could move back , he bent and gave her a light , lingering kiss on her mouth . |
| 5 | Before entering battle , the warriors stripped to breech-cloth and moccasins , some donning war-bonnets , then prepared their medicine bundles and applied sacred body paint to invoke the Wyakin medicine powers that gave them supernatural protection . |
| 6 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 7 | But he could be ready for anything ; for the churches which had abandoned him ; for the churches like the Philippian one which had continued to care ; for hunger ; for plenty ; for the times when he had no obvious human support , and for the times when his fellow believers came and gave him encouragement . |
| 8 | Usually perhaps there was a servant , but my mother did everything for us ii the house , made many of our clothes and mended them , prepared and gave us food , tended us when sick , comforted us when cold , disappointed , or sorrowful . |
| 9 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 10 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 11 | Five minutes later , an Arab in a small blue van stopped and gave me a few kilos of tangerines . |
| 12 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , I stayed hidden and gave them time to get away . |
| 14 | Then , at a stroke , something happened that gave him a powerful sense of purpose . |
| 15 | And actually , one day , because she knew it was my favourite , she said that I could have permission to have it copied and gave me the name of the jeweller , which I thought was so sweet . |
| 16 | Wilson found it hard to believe Mr Landor had ever written poetry , that he had ever been judged a great poet , but Miss Blagden , who had moved into the Casa Guidi for the winter , swore that he had been much admired and gave her a whole list of his published works . |
| 17 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 18 | And I was walking away , and turned and gave him a great kick , you know , right in his balls , and I said , ‘ Come on then ’ , took a mad fit , you know , and I |
| 19 | Before disappearing through the brick arch she turned and gave him a final smile and a wave . |
| 20 | Julius turned and gave her a faint smile . |
| 21 | But , when he turned and gave her a warm , infectious grin , she found it difficult not to smile back at him . |
| 22 | Neither said a word to the assembled company , but at the door Eugénie turned and gave them her famous curtsy . |
| 23 | The man turned and gave me a friendly nod , before taking up a small piece of wood with pencil markings on it . |
| 24 | In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . |
| 25 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 26 | She continued her angry and frustrated weeping , but was forced to question herself when her son also withdrew and gave his support to his father . |
| 27 | Sometimes he forgot and gave them again , which she took to be a good sign . |
| 28 | The first jog round the block got his heart racing and gave him an appetite . |
| 29 | He listened to Nigel Cramer for several minutes , nodded and gave his own orders to the dozen men who had clambered out of the second and third helicopters . |
| 30 | Felipe de Santis nodded and gave his attention back to the flight . |