Example sentences of "and gave " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Even Bert was not in his cubbyhole , but Flossie was and gave a languid thump of her tail . |
| 2 | And gave her a square flat parcel . |
| 3 | She pulled away and gave herself some time rolling and lighting a cigarette . |
| 4 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 5 | Cameron folded the paper and gave it to James Menzies . |
| 6 | He held up his cup , clinked it on Cameron 's , and gave him a deliberate nod . |
| 7 | Aileen Gillies was all brisk agreement as she wrapped up some food in a cloth and gave it to them while her husband busied himself with laying the fire . |
| 8 | He finished typing , took the paper from the machine and gave it to her . |
| 9 | The elderly woman separated a skein of red silk from the bundle in her lap and gave it to her . |
| 10 | She unwound it and gave it to him . |
| 11 | All the same , the takeover of Hoare 's doubled the size of the Anchor brewery 's tied estate , and gave Charrington 's one-third of all the pubs in the City of London and a fair proportion of those in the East End . |
| 12 | On the Etive slabs Rab and Chris Anderson climbed three lines on the section of slab some 70m right of the Coffin Stone , and gave them punny names as usual . |
| 13 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 14 | All self-definition , as Dostoevsky finally shaped and gave Stavrogin to the world , is beyond him . |
| 15 | Malcolm 's return brought him a straight push for three and a ninth Test hundred , but he immediately drove half-heartedly at Hemmings and gave Gooch a simple catch at mid-on . |
| 16 | Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 . |
| 17 | It was my mother Chris Castor , a fine actress , who was leading lady there and gave Mar Dignam lessons in elocution . |
| 18 | In East Berlin yesterday officials turned away many would-be visitors from the West and gave warnings to opposition leaders in an attempt to avert demonstrations during the 40th anniversary celebrations today and tomorrow . |
| 19 | ‘ I said I was very interested and gave my credit card number as requested . ’ |
| 20 | His Royal Highness afterwards presented The Duke of Edinburgh 's Awards at St Pius 's Secondary School and gave an interview to BBC Radio Scotland . |
| 21 | It was my mother Chris Castor , a fine actress , who was leading lady there and gave Mark Dignam lessons in elocution . |
| 22 | ‘ Some guys approached us and gave us one ( tablet ) each . ’ |
| 23 | We wrote these extraordinary shows , and then I just put on a dinner-jacket , started singing and gave them up . ’ |
| 24 | At the close of yesterday 's hearing , the court reserved judgment on the two appeals and gave leave for Mr Crook to pursue the third — but not until the first judgment had been given . |
| 25 | She worked as a journalist on McClure 's magazine , and gave it up to write . |
| 26 | Minos 's daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and gave him a ball of string to unwind on his way to the creature 's lair at the centre of the maze . |
| 27 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 28 | I sprang to attention and gave him a smart salute . |
| 29 | I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . |
| 30 | He knocked on the door , a voice rasped ‘ Come in , ’ the Sergeant opened the door , I stepped into the room , turned right and gave one of my best salutes . |