Example sentences of "gave [indef pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It gave everyone a good introduction as to what we can expect — the weather was hot and the pitch typically flat . ’ |
| 2 | The adult meal over , Princess Diana gave everyone a present , wrapped in blue paper and tied with a deep blue bow . |
| 3 | It gave everyone a bit of a fright . ’ |
| 4 | This gave everyone a chance to have their meal without the attention of the doves and fodies , who would otherwise steal food from your table — or even off the plate in front of you . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a good natured competition on the day and Des ’ Dutch turns gave everyone a good laugh . ’ |
| 6 | He gave everyone a hard time . |
| 7 | The reported wind speeds gave everyone a false sense of security . |
| 8 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
| 9 | Gave everyone a kiss . |
| 10 | Accompanied by Manuel Garcia Morante , she sang superbly for over an hour , and gave everyone the greatest joy . |
| 11 | She gave everyone the time and space they needed , all of creation was welcome to the oasis of her home . |
| 12 | Clearly at a basic level if you just gave someone a board and lake to practise on , apart from being dangerous it would take many months of frustration for them to work out what to do . |
| 13 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 14 | He never gave nobody no venereable diseases . ’ |
| 15 | The script gave one a hint of what they were all about , but after that it was a question of backwards and forwards passing of sketches , ideas on backs of envelopes , bits of paper until ultimately we came down to this pepper-pot shape which Ray then had to translate into something which could be manipulated and made to work — which he did brilliantly . |
| 16 | He peered up into the mass of wires again , and gave one a poke . |
| 17 | he said and I got on very well with them , have a chat and I used to help them when they came in they were West Indians which gave everybody a bit of a shock when running a local Spa |
| 18 | Erm when the work study consultants came in , er we inquired as to one , whether their scheme was going to cover everybody because we were not satisfied that the existing scheme gave everybody the incentive that was required to keep people in harmony . |