Example sentences of "but [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambridge United and Middlesbrough were unable to break the deadlock in the first half of their match , but Taylor gave Cambridge the lead after sixty seven minutes and it was Taylor who made it two nil fifteen minutes from time to give Cambridge a memorable victory . |
| 2 | Bodie stayed solemn , but Doyle gave the child a quick smile . |
| 3 | ‘ That may well be so , ’ I answered , ‘ but Moodie gave me the cloth , so he must be the assassin . ’ |
| 4 | That Aethelheard 's flight was not generally seen as discreditable is clear from Leo III 's subsequent praise of him for endangering his life against ‘ Julian the Apostate ’ , as the pope described Eadberht , but Alcuin gave Aethelheard no such credit and remained highly critical of him for allegedly neglecting his Christian duty and it is possible that in his absence the Kentish leaders were considering the election of another archbishop . |
| 5 | The young were living mostly in exile , but exile gave them possibilities of which they had seldom dreamed before . |
| 6 | But Millie gave a little cry of disappointment , and that 's what I felt , too . |
| 7 | But Athens gave the Games to the world , and we 're looking at the next one hundred years and if the I O C wants to do something special with Athens in ‘ 96 and if Athens wants to do it , we assure them that Atlanta will support that effort one hundred per cent . |
| 8 | Yes , but Ross gave up his job as a uhum , he was in with the Leeds , which was a bit stupid because he must of got a cheaper mortgage I should think . |
| 9 | He was really upset about that , but Maastricht gave us the ability that we could ex have that in Britain on a majority decision . |
| 10 | Ruth never showed Rachaela anything — her art work , her homework or a book — but Rachaela gave her the use of the bookcase , overloaded now , and once or twice when money had been freer had bought Ruth books of fantastic art , Kay Nielsen , Vali Myers . |
| 11 | She looked vague , but Ellie gave her a little nod anyway . |
| 12 | She was more frightened than she had ever been in her life , but fright gave her strength . |
| 13 | But Blanche gave nothing away . |
| 14 | There are few places in the world where you can feel welcome away from home , but Liverpool gave us that and more . |
| 15 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 16 | But Malta gave 12 points to Ireland and none to Britain . |
| 17 | Left alone again the two men faced each other , but Joshua gave Denis no time to think about his next move . |
| 18 | By 1952 almost all English education authorities had adopted an intelligence test in their selection process ; psychologists debated the effects of social agencies coaching and practice — on IQ scores ; but Hertfordshire gave up the eleven-plus exam altogether , after having had one for at least fifteen years . |
| 19 | Police leaders broadly welcomed Mr Clarke 's proposals but councillors gave warning that changes to police authorities were a dangerous erosion of local democracy . |
| 20 | Other visitors might have seen the business-card as merely a piece of litter — it could have stayed there , its drawing-pins slowly rusting , for years ; but Flaubert gave it function . |
| 21 | The engineers strongly opposed this , but Citrine gave his backing to Self at a Central Authority meeting in March 1950 ( when Pask was absent abroad ) . |
| 22 | Parys " put himself at the disposal of " Prime Minister Jan Olszewski , which was interpreted as a resignation offer , but Olszewski gave him leave of absence , appointing Romuald Szeremietiew , Parys 's deputy , as acting Defence Minister . |
| 23 | But Charlie gave her a pained look as if to say , You 've got to be joking , and Lucy tried to cover her tracks by pretending that , yes . |
| 24 | But Townsend gave his side a deserved lead in the 19th minute The Republic of Ireland midfielder was perfectly positioned in the nineteenth minute when Graeme Le Saux touched back a crossfield ball from Fleck for his skipper to drive home a low shot . |
| 25 | I wished I had n't said ‘ England ’ since I was carrying the Irish passport , but Signe gave no sign of noticing the error . |