Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pa bought it at Faversham market where the man gave it away for ten pounds . |
| 2 | I thought , in my anxious state , that the orderly gave me a funny look as he left me there . |
| 3 | Lorton was relieved that the clutch gave him no trouble : the wound in his leg had been designed to scare him , not to incapacitate him . |
| 4 | She remembered what he had said about steering clear of married women , and she decided that they probably were n't , not that the thought gave her any pleasure . |
| 5 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
| 6 | It was argued on behalf of the Minister that the legislation gave him an unfettered discretion as to whether to refer or not . |
| 7 | She had believed Thomas was shy of the Dane , but now she realised that the child gave nothing out because he received nothing back in return . |
| 8 | The attention that the magazines gave us produced a large underground following , which was really cool to have because we thought it was really bitchin' that people from all over the world were sending for our demo tape . ’ |
| 9 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 10 | An answer that the Under-Secretary gave me on 15 October 1990 suggested that a fair number of warning signals would be available . |
| 11 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 12 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 13 | It is significant that the Romans gave them first place , whereas the Chinese valued them above gold , inferior only to jade . |
| 14 | Gebrec smiled politely , but Melissa had the impression that the announcement gave him no particular pleasure . |
| 15 | GHI verdict : Our testers , heavy with cold , found that the vaporiser gave them a good night 's sleep ; even their husbands/partners slept better . |
| 16 | If you can prove this question of causation and show that the doctor gave you incorrect advice then your claim ought to succeed , in which case the damages will be substantial . |
| 17 | If you can prove this question of causation and show that the doctor gave you incorrect advice then your claim ought to succeed , in which case the damages will be substantial . |
| 18 | Conditioning I 've just had a perm and I 've been blow-drying my hair every day , I found that the conditioner gave my hair a lovely shine and added a bit of life to it as well . |
| 19 | ‘ I told you that the letter gave me advice on how to deal with the family and that is all . ’ |
| 20 | Observers in Sofia are convinced that the Kremlin gave his proposed leadership bid its blessing . |
| 21 | Although the merger gave them the chance to start Andy claims they could ‘ never ’ have done it without it — the recession has taken clients and exposure has been ‘ painful ’ on occasions . |
| 22 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 23 | Once the dealer gave his number under these circumstances , he was submitting to the client 's own terms , letting him off the hook . |
| 24 | The seriousness of the revolt was evidenced by the fact that Soapy Simon , an arch-appeaser who wanted above everything to be liked , had become their spokesman and had let them cram into his room and sit it out ( with a break for dinner at the Savoy , of course ) until the PM gave his answer . |
| 25 | In a third shop I was moderately interested in one particular model until the assistant gave me a global price for a computer , printer and so on . |
| 26 | I 've heard them say if the owners gave them their fare home from Lowestoft to Darsham , that 's all they had . |
| 27 | Thus , if the decision gave its reasons or calculations , and there were obvious errors in them , the decision could be set aside . |
| 28 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 29 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 30 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |