Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an afternoon visit to the temples and a drive to the buried Buddhist city of Sarnath where Buddha gave his first sermon . |
| 2 | What is tolerably certain is that he was still alive when he either entered into confraternity with Christ Church or Cnut gave them his name , and that when Cnut himself sailed for Denmark in 1019 it was to suppress trouble . |
| 3 | We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign . |
| 4 | No one denied that ICI gave them first-class products . |
| 5 | Oh , here we got the the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 6 | the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 7 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 8 | Ewen obviously knew his way , but although Neil gave him room he made no further attempt to break free , or even to reach open water . |
| 9 | I 'd like to ask you to er , read it through , and the application form that Jeff gave you yesterday , yes ? |
| 10 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 11 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 12 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 13 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 14 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 15 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 16 | It is significant that Buchan gave his middle-aged hero , the Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn , a literary ancestry : . |
| 17 | But , the old ones that Tom gave me originally they 've not flowered now for about three months yet they 're not dead . |
| 18 | Second , he says that Jesus gave them power over unclean spirits , and that when they were under pressure the Spirit of their Father would speak within them ( 11:20 ) . |
| 19 | She smiled at Aggie ; although Aggie gave her no answering smile , but just said , ‘ Well , the day 's Thursday . |
| 20 | I 've got about four sheets that Audrey gave me ! |
| 21 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 22 | Blagg told me he 'd thrown away the revolver that woman gave him . |
| 23 | I might use some of that polythene , that thick polythene sheet that Derek gave me and do that round the bottom sheet . |
| 24 | The age that Flavia gave her was Constanza 's , perhaps a few years more . |
| 25 | The look that McAllister gave him when she said this was so killing that Dr Neil decided to remove temptation by removing himself . |
| 26 | Carson scribbled down all the details that Cotterell gave him and commented , ‘ That was fast . ’ |
| 27 | Yes but you 've got those brown ones that Paula gave you . |
| 28 | Neither the General nor Bill gave me any hint of lolly . ’ |
| 29 | That 's that card that Rhionna gave me . |
| 30 | A tangerine that Modigliani gave me — we were in front of a fruit-shop — and another that he gave to his wife : that is my last memory of them . ’ |