Example sentences of "[conj] gave [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 2 | It was the Royal College for the Blind at Hereford that gave him new inspiration by teaching him how to sculpt . |
| 3 | Though the business was thriving , there was one aspect that gave him great concern and over which he was powerless to exercise any sort of control . |
| 4 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
| 5 | Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure . |
| 6 | There were fairly obvious warnings here for a man contemplating the future independence of his own country , but , if he was shocked by what he saw here , it was the land freed by Toussaint Louverture , Haiti , that gave him most food for thought . |
| 7 | Death that gave them such a profound and lasting understanding of each other . |
| 8 | Recently , TCS entered into an agreement with Lotus Development Corporation that gave them exclusive distribution rights for the whole range of Recently there was uproar in India following ‘ body shopping ’ by American software firms . |
| 9 | These advanced primates had large brains and eyes at the front of the face that gave them stereoscopic forward vision . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Poor dear Hugh 's face was somehow much less vivid than the tall hennins a married lady could wear , that gave her extra height . |
| 12 | Robyn thought as she glanced out of the window , re-reading the sign that gave her enormous satisfaction every time she had occasion to see it . |
| 13 | But the big news of the day that gave everyone sleepless nights was the Cuba Missile Crisis . |
| 14 | Maybe she had finished with sexual intercourse for ever , maybe it was this possibility that gave her this peculiar conviction of strength , this sense of invulnerability , of certainty , of power . |
| 15 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 16 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 17 | To get that appointment that gave you that one sale . |
| 18 | He was like a Greek god , except that his hair was black and the nose had a slight curve to it that gave his broad , open features a somewhat predatory look . |
| 19 | He played a leading role in the $5m deal with Morrow that gave his novel Whirlwind a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the recipient of the highest ever advance for a single work of fiction . |
| 20 | Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family . |
| 21 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 22 | Nonetheless , it was British fears that began the process of creating a political group ( rather than a religious one ) , and British political tactics to safeguard their continued power that gave it national significance . |
| 23 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 24 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 25 | It was the smell that alerted her and gave her that first sudden awareness of danger . |
| 26 | He tore a roll open , stuffed it with cut ham and gave her that . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze . |
| 28 | But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it . |
| 29 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 30 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |