Example sentences of "[conj] gave [adj] [prep] " 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 | Then he called them across and gave each of them a beautiful gold watch . |
| 3 | He knocked on the door , a voice rasped ‘ Come in , ’ the Sergeant opened the door , I stepped into the room , turned right and gave one of my best salutes . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's what I call civilization , ’ he said decisively and gave one of them a smart pat . |
| 5 | And gave some to himself . |
| 6 | The researchers selected 35 people who ate spicy food regularly and gave 19 of them 32 solutions containing different amounts of capsaicin and sugar . |
| 7 | He made an arrow from a branch of mistletoe and gave this to the blind god , Hoder , saying he wished him to test it . |
| 8 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that erm they totally solve the problem of what to do with the brighter children , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes because the sort of pupil we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptional in their own right . |
| 9 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |