Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't mind betting that Bill 's lists that you gave him actually contained all these things and only then can we actually put them down in order . |
| 2 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 3 | His warm hands moved smoothly over her shoulders and he gave a short laugh . |
| 4 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 5 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 6 | PROFESSIONAL footballers talked about their personal goals when they gave a talk on physical fitness to an Essex joggers ' club . |
| 7 | The reasons that they gave for this varied considerably . |
| 8 | For the reasons that I gave in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath ( Mr. Townsend ) , I believe that we are looking after the interests and future of the wood as thoroughly as any reasonable person could . |
| 9 | Erm , funnily enough earlier on in August , erm , I rang you up about Yugoslavia , and er , I , one of the reasons that I gave for not , the Europeans , not intervening in Yugoslavia was my fear that it might lead to the Russian military unseating Gorbachev and my , er , discard that the , the sick man of Russia , so erm , sort of parallel I , well I would n't parallel it with Yugoslavia , my argument in Yugoslavia was that we should n't intervene because we do not have primary interests with , I mean , well we clearly have general interest but we do n't have primary interest , additionally in Russia is that everybody , in the world have interest but I would definitely here say that Britain should clearly do nothing per . |
| 10 | For many of the reasons that he gave , the contract for a Shell Sole Pit compression platform has been awarded to Highfab . |
| 11 | Just not going away , even the tablets that you gave me , they was n't even taking it away , it , away like . |
| 12 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 13 | I thank the Minister for delivering every one of the pledges that he gave us in Committee . |
| 14 | ‘ I said I would give him my pilot sunglasses if he gave me his weapon . |
| 15 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 16 | Gwynn Jones received many other honours but none gave him greater pleasure than the publication of a selection of his poems , Detholiad o Ganiadau , by the Gregynog Press in 1926 , and the de luxe edition , issued in 1932–7 by Hughes & Son , Wrexham , of six volumes of selected poems and essays . |
| 17 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 18 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 19 | Her husband 's lovemaking was gentle and restrained compared to the fierce passion which now engulfed all her senses as she gave herself utterly and completely in an explosion of abandonment . |
| 20 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 21 | Sure enough , the kindly Fulham folk had pooled their meagre rations and we gave our guests a really good wedding breakfast with the cake and non-alcoholic wine , at about twelve thirty . |
| 22 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 24 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 25 | ‘ Bas and I gave a little drinks party for all the local planning committee . |
| 26 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 27 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 28 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 29 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 30 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |