Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] always gave " in BNC.
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1 | Regrettably for the Palace , Alan found it difficult to adjust to 2nd and then 3rd Division football , where his undoubted skills were given short shrift by our opponents and , although he always gave of his best , he was equally always a heavily marked man . |
2 | And she always gave them good measure and did an awful trade . |
3 | Their Christmas parties were very special , too , and they always gave one for their staff the night after the one they threw for their friends . |
4 | Not that he was much trouble , and he always gave me what money he could . ’ |
5 | And he always gave me this bottle |
6 | And he always gave me this bottle |
7 | But they always gave me the choice first and put me in a dilemma , though I did n't know the meaning of the word then . |
8 | Mike 's style was somewhat ungainly but he always gave one hundred per cent and his 23 goals in Division Four ( from just 34 appearances ) in 1958–59 established a post-war scoring record , only improved upon at our club by Johnny Byrne and Roy Summersby in the promotion season of 1960–61 , Mark Bright in 1987–88 and Ian Wright in 1988–89 . |
9 | But he always gave the impression that he cared much more about people than things — even if that meant falling , as Pat would have it , for the occasional sob story . |