Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely enough it was a tiny thing that suddenly gave her confidence again — her hair . |
| 2 | He has come to terms with his fierce ambition and his temper , the demons that once gave him a fascination with the psychotherapy of Laing and Reich . |
| 3 | It was an expression that still gave him pleasure and he would have used it to describe his own limited grasp of the subject , but it would have been wasted on the sparrow-sized man across the big desk from him . |
| 4 | This has traumatised a company that traditionally gave its employees an implicit job-for-life promise . |
| 5 | That meant he did n't take her anger seriously , thought he could beat her hands down , and that surely gave her the advantage ? |
| 6 | Saint Simon describes how Louis XIV 's adored granddaughter-in-law , the Duchesse de Bourgogne , was standing in conversation with the King , while a maid lifted her skirt from behind and discreetly gave her an enema . |
| 7 | ‘ I guessed , ’ he replied , and suddenly gave her a lop-sided grin — and all at once Leith discovered she was feeling most unexpectedly lighthearted . |
| 8 | His family knew nothing of education and so gave him no support or encouragement , still less active aid . |
| 9 | Her new partner alleviated the terrible loneliness caused by my father 's death after 50 years of marriage and literally gave her something to get up for in the morning , when planting tulips would n't have been enough . |
| 10 | Her own sleep the light , fragmented pre-waking kind by this time , Maria realised what was happening at once and merely gave him a sleepily complacent smile , pleased to see the disturbance in his eyes as he regarded her suspiciously . |
| 11 | The bank was usually very understanding , and generally gave us some leeway until we were able to sell something . |
| 12 | A fully qualified nurse thought it was a bruise and just gave him an icepack . |
| 13 | Never off duty for a moment , he took her into his training school and soon gave her a booking in his spectacular , Jack and Jill . |
| 14 | He conducted a visitation every five years , when he went there and interviewed each individual member of the community and finally gave them all a charge . |
| 15 | Essential elements of the course were contributed by representatives from the services , who patiently and generously gave their time and expertise for the students to learn about their services — their structures , processes and procedures — and , above all , about the language and communicative strategies used in them . |
| 16 | Her tact always and ever gave him back his freedom . |
| 17 | Nicklaus took note of Cathy 's instruction , and later gave her the credit when he found himself back to his old form in that week 's skins ' game . |
| 18 | Sir James set John Wordsworth up in the largest house in the High Street of Cockermouth , and later gave him the office of Coroner of Millom . |
| 19 | ( Oh , by the way , I always remembered that line and later gave it to Will Shakespeare . |
| 20 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 21 | Ricci helped me a great deal with the fingerings and interpretation , and also gave me tips on how to improve my technique . |
| 22 | As Granpa Charlie and I always had an apple for breakfast , the arrangement sorted out our own needs and also gave me the chance to sample what we were selling to the customers . |
| 23 | McLeish raised his eyebrows , taken aback by the transparency of his superior 's line of thought , and primly gave him Francesca 's projected timetable . |
| 24 | My skin was brown and my hair streaked with nature 's own blond from the salt and sun : my very bones seemed to have absorbed the heat and now gave it back in the form of a glowing sense of confidence and well-being . |
| 25 | They agreed to this and even gave him their headed notepaper to use in ordering . |
| 26 | But not before he taught me ‘ the way ’ and even gave me — probably when short of a birthday present , his ‘ mantra ’ — his personal word by which to meditate ( sssh , do n't tell the guru , he 'd turn in his cave — you 're not suppose to reveal your mantra to anyone . |
| 27 | He ordered wine and an assortment of pre-dinner tapas and then gave her his attention again . |
| 28 | He turned round , took her intercom control in his hand and then gave her another lesson in operating the controls . |
| 29 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyway , Jim putted brilliantly in all four rounds , finished equal seventh , genially accepted a cheque for about six thousand pounds and then gave me his own cheque for four hundred . |