Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 2 | ‘ Of course it gave me insights . |
| 3 | But er of course I gave up that and went er when I went on to the council . |
| 4 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 5 | Despite receiving a lot of help she gave up looking after the child , asking her mother-in-law to do so with increasing frequency . |
| 6 | Webb , and others , stressed the amount of work he gave to the poor . |
| 7 | By way of assistance he gave the following example : |
| 8 | He said it only because he had forgotten the name she had told him , but the delicious little gurgle of laughter she gave coincided so precisely with another crackle of thunder that it seemed suddenly apt . |
| 9 | I flew over copies of that photograph of Tweed you gave me , ’ Morgan reported as he drove the Daimler beyond Exeter towards Dartmoor . |
| 10 | The role she assumed in his life further limited the amount of attention he gave to female students . |
| 11 | The charity 's annual conference was where she chose to make her first public appearance following the controversy and she broke down in tears at the vote of confidence they gave her . |
| 12 | One of the first bits of advice he gave the First Church was , ‘ Bend the knee , but not unwisely . ’ |
| 13 | You know who the first person who knocked on Mrs. Thatcher 's door in the House of Commons at the start of the Falklands War , or when it was being planned , it was Harold Macmillan , offering any advice , you know , if she could use his advice , and the one bit of advice he gave her was appoint a small War Cabinet to deal with it , and she took that advice . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's about that bit of paper you gave me . |
| 15 | And I 'd like you , if you have n't destroyed them totally , to use the little piece of paper I gave to you all . |
| 16 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 17 | With a sudden change of voice he gave a roar , ‘ Bubble and Squeak ! |
| 18 | This piece of information I gave him with a triumphant smile . |
| 19 | It was probably the sort of thing they gave medals for , if you were interested . |
| 20 | It sounded like an order and Jenna was surprised at the feeling of alarm it gave her , as if she was trapped , unable to make her own decisions . |
| 21 | These were small victories , but in those days of darkness they gave the High Elves some hope . |
| 22 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 23 | Though one always has to treat figures such as these with caution , it does seem that the line-out project had considerable success both in terms of a reduction in operator dissatisfaction , reflected in lower turnover and a less rapid increase in absenteeism than other parts of the plant , and in terms of very substantial savings for management because of the increased flexibility of production it gave them . |
| 24 | She accepted the lukewarm mug of coffee he gave her and sipped it . |
| 25 | Paula smiled , enjoying her sister 's discomfort — and the feeling of power it gave her . |
| 26 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 27 | With relief he gave up trying and allowed Willi to see him out , into the car , and home . |
| 28 | In effect it gave the UK all the frequencies needed for a nationwide Carfax service on a dedicated lattice . |
| 29 | In practice this agreement reflected yet again the pattern adopted by Shearman in Bedfordshire from 1930 onwards , and in effect it gave university resident tutors freedom to arrange both types of Chapter III courses . |
| 30 | During a five-week period in Lent he gave 19 concerts , some at the homes of aristocrats such as Count Johann Esterházy and the Russian Ambassador , Prince Golitsin , and some privately organized by himself . |