Example sentences of "and [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win . |
2 | ‘ When I was fired at , he missed and that gave me a love of life . ’ |
3 | He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect . |
4 | And that gave me how many flies were gon na be eaten . |
5 | She was fine and that gave me the courage to go on , then the unveiling was held up because the trustees thought it would be controversial and it was … |
6 | And that gave me a terrible feeling , I just did n't know what to , whether to you know , you was sad and yet you felt wild at them putting it that way . |
7 | ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’ |
8 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
9 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
10 | I would put vodka in his beer , and that gave him a very grumpy constitution after lunch- and he would start shouting back at Winner . |
11 | It opened up a three-shot lead going into the second and that gave us a nice little cushion to work with . |
12 | ‘ We equalised their opening goal very quickly and that gave us a real lift because by then Liverpool could have been two or three up . ’ |
13 | And that gave you what ? |
14 | Now what you did when you worked out seventy eight per cent , you say seventy eight over a hundred , and you put it in your calculator , and you did seventy eight divided by a hundred , and that gave you nought point seven eight . |