Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | His cheesecutter hat and Burberry overcoat gave him the look of a working class spiv . |
| 13 | Of course , all their Thrush Green friends rallied round them , and Joan and Edward Young gave them comfort and a meal that evening . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Stapleton and Sir Charles gave her some money . |
| 16 | Steve sniggered and Mr Shepherd gave them a quiet smile . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He paid his rent , and Mr Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to look after him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I placed the parcels on the table and Mrs Lewis gave me a piece of cake and a penny . |
| 21 | The mayor Gallery was also there and both Freddy Mayor and Charles Gimpel gave me enormous support . |
| 22 | ‘ They made me look a risky proposition until Terry Butcher gave me a chance at Coventry . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ But General Schellenberg gave us express instructions to … |
| 25 | Alex Salmond did n't go looking for a fight but Ian Lang gave him one anyway . |
| 26 | ‘ So I was n't actually that interested , but Jean-Luc Ponty gave me a tape and on one side was ‘ A Trick Of The Tail ’ and on the other side was ‘ Wind And Wuthering ’ . |
| 27 | But Dr Jekell gave them a taste of their own medicine and Joey Beauchamp 's trip and Jimmy Magilton 's score rescued a point for Oxford . |
| 28 | From this point of view , opportunities must have seemed slow to come , but de Valois gave him at least one chance every year from the time of his joining the company : Adieu and Tritsch Tratsch in 1947 , Children 's Corner in 1948 and , for the following year , his most ambitious production to date , Sea Change . |
| 29 | With his 29 runs at a vital stage of the Hampshire innings and three wickets for only 33 , Malcolm Marshall might have been both a logical and romantic choice for the Gold Award , but Micky Stewart gave it to Robin Smith , whose 90 was by far the highest and best innings of the match . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’ |