Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moon , a half moon polished thin at the edges , swam low and gave a little light . |
| 2 | Crosse reported this and gave evidence at Lee 's trial . |
| 3 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
| 4 | Emily noticed that and gave him and herself a sherry . |
| 5 | The military advice given to Mountbatten was that they should not be armed , but he overruled this and gave his recognition to the AFO . |
| 6 | The Committee opposed these as giving the US airlines an added advantage . |
| 7 | I wonder how many of you battled on for much longer than the allocated time or got demoralised and gave up ? |
| 8 | It worried him a bit , but it was n't here that he looked nervous and gave me reason to be concerned . |
| 9 | I did n't personally think having a piano on the back of a truck was much use either , but it looked good and gave the band somewhere to balance their beer cans . |
| 10 | She sometimes remembered this and gave it thought . |
| 11 | From the 1670s and 1680s onwards the colourful and varied light-weight fabrics known as ‘ Norwich Stuffs ’ became fashionable and gave a new stimulus to an old industry . |
| 12 | The real lesson of the 23 July Cabinet meeting was that , in spite of all the doubts expressed , Margaret Thatcher and Geoffrey Howe stood firm and gave not an inch . |
| 13 | Luke sat still and gave her her head , amazed that the more she warmed up , the faster she went , staggered by the distance she could carry his 190-pound bulk in the burning sun . |