Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at . |
| 2 | he never made any thing else in his image , but he made you to be created in his image and with that there 's that status , were not just a more intelligent animal , were not just something else that God made even , but were that , that peak of his creative genius , the peak of it , the very pinnacle of it , not because of what we are , but because of the image , the pattern that he was using , his own self , created us in his image , so that gave us status but it gives us responsibility . |
| 3 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 4 | The scriptwriter — a trim , balding man in his fifties with a moustache — squeezed Dexter 's hand a little too warmly and gave him a serious smile of appraisal . |
| 5 | Through the first course , clear soup so strong that it almost jellied in an empty soup plate , he talked to Aunt Tossie while she supped up her soup delightedly and gave him gardening secrets for his mother . |
| 6 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 7 | Mr Goldin 's team started with a clean slate — but then Congress took it away and gave them one with lots already on it . |
| 8 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 9 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 10 | She pulled away and gave herself some time rolling and lighting a cigarette . |
| 11 | A representative sample of the adult British population was asked : ‘ If the company you work for had to move its premises , do you think you would or would not move with it and find a new home if it moved more than 50 miles away and gave you financial help to move ? ’ |
| 12 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 13 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 14 | County and district councillors came along and after searching questions , agreed with our plan wholeheartedly and gave us very good advice . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 16 | Edward held still and gave his mind to his wife . |
| 17 | PRESIDENT Yeltsin neutralised the Russian opposition yesterday and gave his government several months ' leeway to press ahead with radical economic reforms . |
| 18 | She was teasing , but I answered , ‘ I 'd guess Mercer assured the waiter he would n't be fired and took him aside and gave him twenty dollars . ’ |
| 19 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |
| 20 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 21 | He ran down the corridor to fetch his own letter home and gave it to Murray , taking this small offer of service as a token that their friendship would continue . |
| 22 | Much as she would have liked to stay , Penny had to hurry home with her budgie , but she learned later that Brownie Owl got the puppy out of the tree and took it home and gave it food . |
| 23 | For example , a boy under 10 years , the age of criminal responsibility , took his friend 's bicycle home and gave it to his father . |
| 24 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |
| 25 | Maud detached the girl rather roughly and gave her a shake . |
| 26 | Well that gave me a start of course , so immediately I got a warrant out , and he , some while afterwards he was picked up in London . |
| 27 | And it was surely not merely over-confidence of his good usage here that gave his eyes that insolent green blaze , and his voice the sharp , clear edge of defiance . |
| 28 | ANDY ORKNEY ( Old Applejack ) : ‘ He jumped really well and gave me a tremendous ride . |
| 29 | Miles Lessingham is here and gave us the details . |
| 30 | After relaying the message to Ng , Gooseneck looked over at Amiss and gave him a long , slow wink . |