Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] gave [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 2 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 3 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 4 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 5 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 7 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 8 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 9 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 10 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 11 | Well the aye , the quality of the cattle cos it gave you a better grass , better feeding before that you see they bought some clover . |
| 12 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 13 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |