Example sentences of "[conj] gave [pron] [det] " 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 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Death that gave them such a profound and lasting understanding of each other . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To get that appointment that gave you that one sale . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 11 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was the smell that alerted her and gave her that first sudden awareness of danger . |
| 14 | He tore a roll open , stuffed it with cut ham and gave her that . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 18 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |
| 19 | It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area . |
| 20 | He agreed , and gave her some ointment . |
| 21 | It worked well , and gave me much more contact with my audience . |
| 22 | She turned to face me and gave me that vivid smile that transformed her already delightful face . |
| 23 | She just went and gave me that . |
| 24 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 25 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 26 | Well , we were helped initially by a professional fund raiser who was concerned of our lack of money and our lack of funding by er the arts bodies , and gave me this er contact really in the form of Michael Meyer to er arrange and er bring about these three artists . |
| 27 | But though he had taken all my poetic power , and gave me some of his in return , he still remained himself , his own man , his own poet . |
| 28 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 29 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 30 | Neil invited me into his office — the only room in the building with even the vaguest resemblance to modern architectural demands — and gave me some cheap wine and a Benson & Hedges . |