Example sentences of "[conj] gave [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had a pale beauty in the moonlight that gave him more unexpected enchantment . |
| 2 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 3 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 4 | But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out . |
| 5 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 6 | Shiona watched it , reflecting that the reason for her sensitivity was that her private life was the only area of her existence that gave her absolutely no satisfaction at all . |
| 7 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 8 | And that gave me how many flies were gon na be eaten . |
| 9 | FRANKMOBILE : A certain tour van that gave us so much pleasure and pain during the first six months of this year . |
| 10 | However , a husband has no other relationship that he is told to love as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her . |
| 11 | Be imitators of God , therefore , as dearly loved children , and live a life of love , just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God ( Eph. 4:3–5:2 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Husbands , love your wives , just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ’ ( 5:25 ) . |
| 13 | Luckily he had no ammunition for the rifle and gave himself up after Omar , who had caught up with us , put two more shots over his head . |
| 14 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
| 15 | Among the vanquished was the master chimney-sweeper , whilom incredulous at Stagg 's Gardens , who now lived in a stuccoed house three storeys high , and gave himself out , with golden flourishes upon a varnished board , as contractor for the cleansing of railway chimneys by machinery . |
| 16 | They inhabited their silence and gave nothing away . |
| 17 | The landlord then relented in part and gave her back the keys to the bedsit . |
| 18 | Back into the cottage he showed her the way and gave her so |
| 19 | Diana said I looked ill , and needed a holiday at the seaside , but St John thought I ought to concentrate on more serious work , and gave me even more Hindustani exercises to do . |
| 20 | One simple word , and his voice caught on it and gave him away . |
| 21 | He invested £60,000 in his obsession with a venture which broke his health and gave him only £12,000 back . |
| 22 | That , I believe , was because we moved him a bit upmarket in his packaging , and gave him more thriller-style covers . |
| 23 | She made him take tap classes to loosen his ankles and gave him daily exercises to do under her assistant 's instruction . |
| 24 | Moving her arms to his neck , she clasped him as tight as she could and gave him back kiss for kiss . |
| 25 | I stole the father and gave Him back the son ! ’ |
| 26 | The studio thinks Vic 's a genius and gave him as much as they could until the insurance boys dug their heels in over big-name leads falling out of a canoe and then they went down the list and found a couple of guys the industry could afford to lose . |
| 27 | When we got there one o one of the other boys was was already there with him and he was covered from about his waist down with coal and er we uncovered him and gave him as comfortable as we could get him until we got the stretchers and everything mobilize him and get him out . |
| 28 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 29 | The notion of asking ‘ circular questions ’ is a helpful way of developing these interactions , i.e. ‘ Mrs Smith , you had a similar experience to Mr White , how did you cope ? ’ , or ‘ You 've taken tranquillizers in the past and gave them up , what would you say to somebody like Mrs Jones ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You did n't take up a profession , you went into politics and gave them up again ? ’ |