Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't mind betting that Bill 's lists that you gave him actually contained all these things and only then can we actually put them down in order . |
| 2 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 3 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Just not going away , even the tablets that you gave me , they was n't even taking it away , it , away like . |
| 6 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 7 | I thank the Minister for delivering every one of the pledges that he gave us in Committee . |
| 8 | ‘ I said I would give him my pilot sunglasses if he gave me his weapon . |
| 9 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 10 | Gwynn Jones received many other honours but none gave him greater pleasure than the publication of a selection of his poems , Detholiad o Ganiadau , by the Gregynog Press in 1926 , and the de luxe edition , issued in 1932–7 by Hughes & Son , Wrexham , of six volumes of selected poems and essays . |
| 11 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 13 | Her husband 's lovemaking was gentle and restrained compared to the fierce passion which now engulfed all her senses as she gave herself utterly and completely in an explosion of abandonment . |
| 14 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 15 | Sure enough , the kindly Fulham folk had pooled their meagre rations and we gave our guests a really good wedding breakfast with the cake and non-alcoholic wine , at about twelve thirty . |
| 16 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 20 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 21 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 22 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 23 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |
| 24 | He was the head of fine art at the school of art for 20 years until he gave it all up to paint fulltime . |
| 25 | About two years since they gave me that . |
| 26 | It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated . |
| 27 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Law pessimistically told the King that he would in any case alienate half of his subjects , Unionists if he gave his assent to Home Rule and Liberals if he did not . |