Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 2 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 3 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 4 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 5 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 6 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 9 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 10 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 11 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 12 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 13 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
| 14 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 15 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 16 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 17 | Gradually he removed his concentration and gave it to me . |
| 18 | Out by the pool she found a girl who greeted her warmly and , delving into the recesses of her knapsack , brought out a box of nougat and gave it to her . |
| 19 | One of Charles Tennant 's business partners was a young Glasgow chemist called Charles Mackintosh , the man who later gained world-wide recognition for his invention of a waterproof fabric and gave his name to a raincoat made of the material . |
| 20 | He said the men made Mrs Kennedy phone Ulster Television and ask for cameras but then agreed to speak to a priest and gave themselves up . |
| 21 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 22 | Angela stripe , co-owner of Clayton-Stripe International and a former member of Britain 's World Cup team , took one Madonna look-alike and gave her five fab hairstyles ! |
| 23 | Gilfach Iago and Inclino Top continued like clockwork and gave us no surprises . |
| 24 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 25 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 26 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 27 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
| 28 | He bought the rock and gave it to me . |
| 29 | He balanced the empty whisky glass on the window-sill and gave his nose a last wipe , pocketing his hanky . |
| 30 | As their eyes met , Yanto sensed a spart of recognition and gave her a broad smile to help her recollect . |