Example sentences of "gave us [art] " in BNC.
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1 | At this year 's Wimbledon , Henri Leconte and Gut Forget gave us a sneak preview of the Autumn ‘ Roland Garros ’ ensemble — a matching tracksuit , short , shirt and jersey in dominant white with a green double stripe running through . |
2 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
3 | The walk from the campsite near Hrabusice gave us a real taste of Paradise . |
4 | He gave us a set of keys and we started going there regularly setting it up nicely . |
5 | They gave us a questionnaire each to fill in . |
6 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
7 | Rechristened ‘ Rambos ’ , a reflection of their basic and rugged form , they offered us refuge from a rare rainstorm , and gave us a safe place to store excess baggage . |
8 | At the other end of the scale a 12-year-old South African girl , Karen Muir , gave us a new 110m backstroke swimming record in 68.7secs — and Britain 's motorways were given a 70mph ‘ experimental ’ speed limit . |
9 | He had spent several years in the Sudan and he gave us a tip : ‘ Never take a taxi there , ’ he said , ‘ without fixing the price for the journey before you get in . ’ |
10 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
11 | ‘ Finally , we went to the office and they gave us a cheque , which bounced . ’ |
12 | This saving of time , together with our two days ' leave , gave us a full forty-eight hours at home . |
13 | Leslie reported one such descent on their camp : ‘ This morning we had a visit from ‘ Boy ’ Browning [ G.O.C. , 1st Airborne Corps ] , who gave us a truly excellent talk , and then stayed to lunch . |
14 | He gave us a grin of yellow teeth . |
15 | The running man took his opportunity , and as he passed , followed by his less competitive , wheezing companions , clearly suffering agonies by his pace-setting , he gave us a triumphant , knowing nod . |
16 | The Belfry was cold and wet , which gave us a taste of what was to come at Lytham . |
17 | It opened up a three-shot lead going into the second and that gave us a nice little cushion to work with . |
18 | Our customers gave us a really hard time and our sales staff spent all their time apologising . |
19 | It must all sound rather tame to today 's children , but it was a happy time ; a time of predictable routine , which gave us a sense of security . |
20 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
21 | It also gave us a taste of its international coproduction In search of paradise , starting it on Easter Monday , continuing it on the Tuesday , and on the Friday . |
22 | Marx , as you know , gave us a theory of capitalist crises . |
23 | Marx , as you know , gave us a theory of capitalist crisis . |
24 | Two lapwings , a couple of villagers and a curious dog gave us a fine send off . |
25 | They gave us a list of the clothes and equipment we would need , and Dad bought me a pair of spikes from Ron Springett 's Sports Shop . |
26 | I am sure they thought that if they just gave us a token punishment , then the whole thing would all be forgotten . |
27 | The franchise system was a good way for us to get into thatching as it dispensed with the need to endure a long apprenticeship , gave us a six-month intensive course teaching all the rudiments of thatching , and provided contracts and a source of cheap materials . |
28 | The delay gave us a chance to get to know the King a little better . |
29 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
30 | This gave us a further topic for conversation for , I hope , it might have been said of us ( in Demetrios Capetanakis 's famous line ) : ‘ They were so nice , and interested in cooking . ’ |