Example sentences of "[conj] gave [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the outbreak of war the ILP put itself in opposition to the trade-union leaders by its refusal to support the war and by its criticism of those Labour Party members who either joined the government after 1916 or gave it their loyal parliamentary support . |
| 2 | Allowing for a 12% margin of error , that gave him something between eleven and thirteen hundred miles of flight at his present subsonic speed . |
| 3 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 4 | It was , I think , this last quality that gave him his reputation for indecision . |
| 5 | In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today |
| 6 | The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm . |
| 7 | I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at . |
| 8 | He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win . |
| 9 | And that gave you what ? |
| 10 | Now what you did when you worked out seventy eight per cent , you say seventy eight over a hundred , and you put it in your calculator , and you did seventy eight divided by a hundred , and that gave you nought point seven eight . |
| 11 | A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality . |
| 12 | It was both horrible and necessary , if only to prevent the spread of the disease throughout the Domain ; but it was just that — the horrible necessity of death — that gave it its fascination . |
| 13 | Each dust particle inherits the characteristic defect structure of the parent clay that did the damming , the structure that gave it its damming properties . |
| 14 | Hereford battled on … they were down but not out … and gave everything they 'd got … skipper Derek Hall struck them a goal midway through the second half … |
| 15 | Her unmarried daughters Florence , Bertha and Jessie , however , lived at home and gave her what comfort they could . |
| 16 | While she was thus engaged Chignell had summoned the hotel doctor , who presently ushered her into his sanctum and gave her something to drink , which tasted horrible but made her feel much better . |
| 17 | That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue . |
| 18 | Luke sat still and gave her her head , amazed that the more she warmed up , the faster she went , staggered by the distance she could carry his 190-pound bulk in the burning sun . |
| 19 | Morgan dipped in a little bow and gave her his best smile . |
| 20 | Nahum Morey wiped his mouth on a napkin , and gave her his full attention . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 22 | The parents were reluctant to use the technique and gave her lots of warnings and did not carry out their threats . |
| 23 | Over the years Fred Workman and I had kept in touch and in a note with his 1973 Christmas card he had mentioned Edna 's rise to fame and fortune , and gave me her address . |
| 24 | Like a human-being it talked to me — and gave me its power … |
| 25 | Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 . |
| 26 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
| 27 | He turned to me and gave me his habitual smile-implying parting of the beard . |
| 28 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 29 | Then one day a visitor called and gave me his card , so I just took it and gave it to the master in the drawing room . |
| 30 | Premier Brands of Liverpool for the cash to hire the cab ; Frank Brown and the pupils of Musselburgh Grammar School for their hard work and donations ; staff and pupils at Prenton High School , Moreton near Liverpool for their donations ; Sean 's wife Angie for not producing their second child until Sean arrived home ; Susan , my long suffering wife , who never batted an eyelid as this project unfolded and gave me lots of encouragement . |