Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [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 | That 's that card that Rhionna gave me . |
| 3 | Oh , here we got the the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 4 | the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 5 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 6 | Merging into that vast , sweeping seascape of sky , waves and sand gave her no sense of calm . |
| 7 | Either way , it tends to confirm the view that collectivist reforms were doomed unless industry and commerce gave their consent . |
| 8 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 9 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 10 | The rescue helicopter still had n't arrived when we were fifteen miles from the coast and Warton gave me Blackpool 's frequency and wished me good day ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . " |
| 12 | The look that McAllister gave him when she said this was so killing that Dr Neil decided to remove temptation by removing himself . |
| 13 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 14 | In the end , Butterworth and Clibber gave their reluctant assent . |
| 15 | The opera , like Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess the following year , used an all-Black cast and the staging and choreography gave it a British connection since it was by Frederick Ashton . |
| 16 | His absolute conviction at that time , reinforced by an extraordinary personal charm and magnetism gave me just the right insight and guidance that I needed . |
| 17 | Some workers deliberately took less well-paid work because employers gave it out in the particular quantity they desired . |
| 18 | They turfed him out as an 18-year-old before Cambridge gave him a lifeline trial . |
| 19 | Alice screamed with laughter as Fernie gave her a jerk which pulled her forward so hard that her left shoe stayed behind , its heel bedded deep in the grass verge . |
| 20 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah , three little kittens and mother gave them |
| 22 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 23 | He banished his brother to the west , along with his servants of darkness , although the spirits of thunder and lightning gave their allegiance to Hahgwehdiyu instead ; henceforth this god was depicted with a drum and a forked head-dress , representing these forces of nature . |
| 24 | She went inside for her briefcase and Steve gave her a thoughtful look as she passed him and then polished off the remains of his champagne in one gulp . |
| 25 | Money and generosity gave her a kindly power over Deer Forest . |
| 26 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
| 27 | The final stage between Cresswell and Burslem gave us a few anxious moments when Dave and Richard became ensnared in City Centre traffic but they managed to complete the 24 hour Tour de Matthey with 5 minutes to spare ! |
| 28 | John Major had no real choice of date this time , but March and April gave him such a nail-biting experience that he will never again postpone an election until so near the terminal date . |
| 29 | Neither the General nor Bill gave me any hint of lolly . ’ |
| 30 | After that 's the spring term we 're into now , after Christmas erm health now there was there are packages and Catherine gave them to me on personal hygiene , things like that and I think Paul erm I know he would be keen he said , he 'd be keen to maybe put a package together with the help of all the form teachers plus myself and maybe do a bit into health , cos I mean you know it 's it 's |