Example sentences of "and [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What comes up , ’ said Rory , and Jessica gave a dirty laugh . |
| 2 | In the 1970s optimism and faith gave way to disillusion and doubt as medical costs soared with little apparent benefit . |
| 3 | Sainsbury 's sponsored the grape-treading stage and Faith gave a bare-footed demonstration before the Prince . |
| 4 | In the end , Butterworth and Clibber gave their reluctant assent . |
| 5 | Katy and Jamie got ready very quickly and Mum gave each of them two wee spoons . |
| 6 | It found support in the professional and middle classes , and Treitschke gave it intellectual respectability . |
| 7 | Parisian cultural life between the wars was close-knit ; writers and artists gave each other mutual support . |
| 8 | Silhouetted by the blaze , the jeeps frantically reversed still firing , and Stirling gave the order to withdraw . |
| 9 | He flew slowly and high , watching the land unfold beneath him as buildings and roads gave way to brief outcrops of country followed by more towns . |
| 10 | Then Maeve hugged their surviving son , five-year-old John , and Garry gave him three loving kisses . |
| 11 | Nottm Forest 0 , Sheff W 2 FIRST-HALF goals by Williams and Hirst gave Sheffield Wednesday a notable victory over a Nottingham Forest side buckling under the strain of playing four matches in a week , writes Don Hardisty . |
| 12 | Anarchy was over and there now began the reign of one of the strongest kings ever to rule England , one whose territories and titles gave him authority over a great part of north-western Europe . |
| 13 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 14 | ‘ I came from a poor family in the countryside and communism gave me a chance for a better life . |
| 15 | A 1903 treaty between the US and Panama gave the US the right to build and open a waterway . |
| 16 | A friend said both Jamie and Gary gave statements to police . |
| 17 | Ana started to laugh and Mitch gave her a startled glance and then laughed ruefully too , giving her a hug . |
| 18 | When they submitted their paper and Fleischmann gave his first public presentation on 28 March it was this peak alone that was exhibited ; it is shown enlarged in Figure 7 with the number of counts in the vertical axis and the energy scale along the bottom . |
| 19 | The alienation of king and archbishop gave added significance to long-standing grievances at a time when by protecting Eardwulf 's enemies the archbishop was allying himself against the king . |
| 20 | Going in to yesterday 's third round , Ian Baker-Finch , Greg Norman and Elkington gave Australia four in the top 13 , only one of whom — Woosnam — was European and seven of whom were American . |
| 21 | The rescue helicopter still had n't arrived when we were fifteen miles from the coast and Warton gave me Blackpool 's frequency and wished me good day ’ . |
| 22 | Academics from France , Spain , Britain , and Germany gave papers about different aspects of the Community : European law versus the constitutions of member states , monetary union , the European approach to world trade policy . |
| 23 | And Thorfinn gave to them his considered answers , as ever . |
| 24 | It was a nice hat , and Marie gave it to me , so it 's extra special . |
| 25 | And for some time after that they went to bed at the same time and Ellen gave up both Jed and the Director of Social Services ; and when both threatened , in grief , spite and unreason , to report her infidelity to Bernard , said , ‘ Tell away ! ’ and neither of them did , which rather disappointed her . |
| 26 | However , it was not all one-sided and Hammer gave a good account of themselves in the first half , restricting Haslemere to one goal and going close themselves with long-range shots . |
| 27 | Laura seated herself on the bed and Rex gave her a good sniff . |
| 28 | Romantic poets such as Novalis and Arndt gave expression to this idea and made it famous , but it dates at least from Leibniz 's great political tract , Caesarinus Furstenerius ( De Supremum Principum Germaniae ) written in 1677 which called for the unification of Christendom and , thus , of Germany . |
| 29 | In the early sixties building of new churches and halls gave the Guild much work to do . |
| 30 | However , from 1972 to 1984 the Department of Trade and Industry gave grants under the Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972 for mineral exploration for the ores of non-ferrous metals , fluorspar , barium minerals and potash , provided the results were deposited with the British Geological Survey . |