Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] and [pron] gave " in BNC.

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1 It was a splendid meeting yesterday and they gave Bonar Law a magnificent reception .
2 Jack tried the handle of the door again and it gave .
3 They pushed one man forward and he gave something to Silver .
4 She blew the darkness away and he gave her a quick smile as the last doubt faded .
5 So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along .
6 He came a step closer and she gave a shaky laugh .
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