Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly USL will argue that CSRG staff gave themselves permission to commercialise the system and will doubtless note a violation of the university 's established code of ethics which requires university personnel with a financial interest in a university decision to disqualify themselves . |
| 2 | I could substantiate the information that Mr. Docherty gave me through contact with the West Yorkshire metropolitan police . |
| 3 | I 've got some money that Mrs Medlock gave me . |
| 4 | My friends , let's just remember this night that as we 've shared bread and wine together , we 've reaffirmed that Jesus Christ gave his life so that we might live . |
| 5 | The discretionary power that de Gaulle gave his prime ministers varied over the course of his presidency . |
| 6 | The idea of a Gaullist party had certainly been raised in the aftermath of the liberation — mostly by ex-resisters without a party affiliation — but there is no evidence that de Gaulle gave it any more serious consideration than he had done in 1943 . |
| 7 | I dare n't wear that nice fur coat that cousin Freda gave me in case I get bombed by the Animal Liberation Front . |
| 8 | ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ had just been released in England and David was doing well with it , or so I 'm told , but no-one had heard of him at all in America , so Tony DeFries gave us each a box of 25 albums to just give to whoever we thought was cool , which actually turned out to be a pretty good idea . |
| 9 | Returning to the advice that Leo Amery gave me as a young man , I remember reading widely from the great autobiographies and biographies that he recommended , including the works of Lord Milner . |
| 10 | Mr Evans and Auntie Lou gave her handkerchieves and her mother sent her a green dress that was too tight in the chest and too short . |
| 11 | The ‘ Cornish Times ’ reported that ‘ the twin towns of East and West Looe gave themselves up to celebrating the auspicious event with popular rejoicing . |
| 12 | Samantha led Jacqueline out to buy a paper bag of corn to feed the portly , over-privileged pigeons and Haverford Downs gave them a taste of his ‘ Jottings ’ . |
| 13 | There was no Honey Bee or Gas Guzzler to replicate the sea route for me , so buses and hitches and foot slog gave me more time on Mull than was strictly accurate . |
| 14 | I already recognised some members of the Union Jack Club , and Colonel Fawcett gave me a hearty handshake while his thin , ill-looking wife reminded me about joining the bridge games . |
| 15 | His cheesecutter hat and Burberry overcoat gave him the look of a working class spiv . |
| 16 | Of course , all their Thrush Green friends rallied round them , and Joan and Edward Young gave them comfort and a meal that evening . |
| 17 | Scarborough booked a fourth round tie against either Derby or Arsenal when second-half goals from Tommy Mooney and Andy Mockler gave them a 2–1 win over Plymouth . |
| 18 | Stapleton and Sir Charles gave her some money . |
| 19 | Steve sniggered and Mr Shepherd gave them a quiet smile . |
| 20 | On his birthday Auntie Lou gave him a pair of leather gloves with fur linings and Mr Evans gave him a Holy Bible with a soft , red cover and pictures inside . |
| 21 | He paid his rent , and Mr Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to look after him . |
| 22 | Awarded a free place at Birmingham University to study music for three years , Peter was short of basics like clothes and books until Elaine Blond gave him £30 and arranged for Peter to work at Bloomsbury House in his holidays to help make up any shortfall . |
| 23 | At that conference John the director general of the Health and Safety Executive gave his views on why certain regulations appear to be weaker than the actual European directives on which they were based . |
| 24 | Five and even ten years ago academic librarians were generally aware of the demands and problems of user education in their sector , and the research and development projects gave them little reason to change the fundamentals of their approach . |
| 25 | I placed the parcels on the table and Mrs Lewis gave me a piece of cake and a penny . |
| 26 | The mayor Gallery was also there and both Freddy Mayor and Charles Gimpel gave me enormous support . |
| 27 | ‘ They made me look a risky proposition until Terry Butcher gave me a chance at Coventry . |
| 28 | Evening and weekend papers gave lots of space to programme schedules . |
| 29 | Boris Anrep , for instance , whom the Berkeleys used to encounter when they stayed with Maud Russell at Mottisfont , gave them the model he painted for the mosaics which were intended for the apse of Westminster Cathedral ( it stands on the chest of drawers in their bedroom ) and Hugh Honour and John Fleming gave them the marble hermaphrodite which reclines on the top of a bookcase in the study . |
| 30 | ‘ But General Schellenberg gave us express instructions to … |