Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [noun] gave [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile , he would do what he could to help her , and would frankly face the fact that her presence gave him enormous pleasure .
2 ‘ The gentleman before you complained that his lenses gave him double vision and headaches .
3 I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that .
4 ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble .
5 But if her astrologer gave her any warning , she 's not telling anyone .
6 I got here about half an hour ago , and your sister gave me some tea . ’
7 Eh — ’ she laughed ’ — I remember , I put a headscarf over the lamp , and your Dad gave me such a telling off .
8 While his loyalism gave him urban working-class support , it was the rural Protestants who were most receptive to his evangelical emphases and who made a seat like Bannside obviously attractive .
9 All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him .
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