Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an afternoon visit to the temples and a drive to the buried Buddhist city of Sarnath where Buddha gave his first sermon . |
| 2 | Ewen obviously knew his way , but although Neil gave him room he made no further attempt to break free , or even to reach open water . |
| 3 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 4 | She smiled at Aggie ; although Aggie gave her no answering smile , but just said , ‘ Well , the day 's Thursday . |
| 5 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 6 | Although Innocent gave his college an international flavour and outlook with the appointment of such men as Stephen Langton , Robert of Courson and Peter of Corbeil , the solid Roman basis , supported by cardinals from the neighbourhood of Rome , remained intact from 1198 to 1216 . |
| 7 | On May 11th Mr Ryabov appeared to give his blessing to Mr Yeltsin 's plan , when he said ‘ it would be nice if parliament gave its blessing ’ to the constitution adopted by the constituent assembly . |
| 8 | Yeah cos Ian gave me a prickly stick . |
| 9 | If money gave him power , he himself became a victim of it : many of these young men , once the recipient of Minton 's not uninterested generosity , returned in a steady stream for more . |
| 10 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |
| 11 | If Althusser gave us history without a subject , Habermas gives us subjects without history . |
| 12 | If Joseph gave him an exhibition it could make a huge difference to Leary 's reputation , yet she wondered how likely it was that Joseph would help him . |
| 13 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 14 | Ashmolean Museum , Oxford , has bought its first Poussin drawing , the ‘ View of the Tiber Valley ’ , attributed to Claude until Blunt gave it to Poussin , ( £156,450 , est. £70–100,000 ; NACF , NHMF , the Hulme Fund , and the Friends of the Ashmolean and the Purchase Grant Fund support ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 16 | Hunter-Blair took a lonely stand in British politics and until MacQuillan gave him a platform he was a nonentity . |
| 17 | I know five hundred and sixty was extra cos Stuart gave me two hundred short of a thousand . |
| 18 | For the last two years he had been in practice in Northampton , and he did not at that stage wish to endanger his prospects there by letting his application to Bedford be generally known ; if Whitbread gave his support however , Thackeray would ‘ make his pretensions public ’ . |
| 19 | De Lorenzo 's move follows a decision by his Liberal party to retract earlier threats to pull out of government unless Amato gave him public support . |
| 20 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 21 | Some workers deliberately took less well-paid work because employers gave it out in the particular quantity they desired . |
| 22 | While he deliberated , Murray continued : ‘ I had the letter because Richard gave it me to post , sir . |
| 23 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
| 24 | Cromer dominated Egypt , not because England gave him force , or because Egypt loved us , but because he was so good a man . ’ |
| 25 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 26 | Some of that hurt must have crept into her voice , because Mandy gave her a look loaded with sympathy . |
| 27 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 28 | When he turned into the car park of an attractive roadside pub Leonora went off to ring her sister while Penry gave their orders . |
| 29 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 30 | Since consultants gave their time free they were more available in more wealthy urban areas which could support the private practices that provided their income . |