Example sentences of "man gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man gave the police a two-fingered gesture and upon being stopped exclaimed , ‘ I 'm a Prod , I 'm on your side . ’ |
| 2 | The man gave a grunt , which was the permission we had been waiting for , and I ran all the way back to my flat to change and conduct the concert . |
| 3 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 4 | They had some good meals together , and when John left , the man gave him an inscribed copy of the lithograph being used as poster for his exhibition . |
| 5 | The reception was all that we had hoped and planned ; the young best man gave the best best man 's speech I have ever heard ! |
| 6 | How else are we to explain the grotesque document which this highly intelligent and normally level-headed man gave birth to the other day ? |
| 7 | No , the man gave up writing years ago . |
| 8 | The man gave a portly little bow and smiled . |
| 9 | ’ The old man gave a helpless gesture . |
| 10 | In the basement of the American embassy the duty ELINT man gave a yell as his warning light blazed red in his face and the sound of a phone ringing came into his headset . |
| 11 | The big man gave me an approving nod , then gestured at the suitcases . |
| 12 | The whiskery young man gave a sudden outlandish yell , causing everyone to look that way , several horses to dance skittishly and their riders to curse . |
| 13 | A white middle-class man gave a lecture to American High School students about how to avoid rape , giving demonstrations to some of the young women of how to avoid him raping them . |
| 14 | Then the bruiser produced a letter , the bearded man gave him a bit of a stony look , but took it and put it in his wallet . |
| 15 | The astonishing range of innovations made by this tireless giant of a man gave contemporary noblemen — never mind humbler folk — the sense of being in the hands of some alien , elemental force . |
| 16 | " She 's like a beanpole ! " he remarked , and the young man gave a high-pitched giggle . |
| 17 | Some miles from Nuneaton , as the train jolted with drawn blinds between an embankment , the man gave an audible sob . |
| 18 | The man gave a little squawk of indignation . |
| 19 | In his Diaries of a Cabinet Minister the late Richard Cross man gave considerable attention to this problem . |
| 20 | ’ The man gave an address in Manhattan , then the name of his gallery , checking that Kemp had the details right . |
| 21 | ‘ Before he was taken away , this man gave my father something he 'd stolen during the war . |
| 22 | Pa bought it at Faversham market where the man gave it away for ten pounds . |
| 23 | ‘ I helped Jack Wards the horse-slaughterer on that Sunday : the old man gave me a quid , a gold sovereign at that . |
| 24 | The man gave a sigh of resignation . |
| 25 | She reached the other side unscathed just as the man gave a grunt of triumph and twisted his victim 's hand behind her back , wrenching what looked like a purse out of her hand . |
| 26 | Realising that there was nothing more she could get out of him , Folly signed mechanically , and the man gave an exaggerated sigh of relief . |
| 27 | ‘ I have the map that the old man gave me today , ’ said Giles . |
| 28 | On the crowded train a man gave up his seat to Ianthe and she accepted it gracefully . |
| 29 | The man gave no indication that he had heard , and she frowned , a small , thin line etching itself into her smooth brow . |
| 30 | However , the man gave ground and that did n't surprise her at all . |