Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , here we got the the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 2 | the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 3 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 4 | Merging into that vast , sweeping seascape of sky , waves and sand gave her no sense of calm . |
| 5 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 6 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah , three little kittens and mother gave them |
| 8 | After that 's the spring term we 're into now , after Christmas erm health now there was there are packages and Catherine gave them to me on personal hygiene , things like that and I think Paul erm I know he would be keen he said , he 'd be keen to maybe put a package together with the help of all the form teachers plus myself and maybe do a bit into health , cos I mean you know it 's it 's |
| 9 | Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens . |
| 10 | What is emphasized in their case is something very different : the support which their political constitution and generally speaking their customs and habits gave them in their drive towards world-rule . |
| 11 | Sikes and Nancy gave him no chance to escape and Oliver had no breath to call out for help . |
| 12 | We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign . |
| 13 | Mankiewicz always refuted stories that Sinatra gave him a hard time on the set , but one of Mankiewicz 's sons said that his father ‘ finished the picture hating Sinatra ’ . |
| 14 | We needed to test our resources and Jets gave us that chance . ’ |
| 15 | Just looking at the gardens , sun terraces and hills gave me an appetite ! — Still that 's no problem at Tropicana … with a buffet style service you can help yourself to as much as you like . |
| 16 | Carson scribbled down all the details that Cotterell gave him and commented , ‘ That was fast . ’ |
| 17 | The church 's provinces , dioceses and parishes gave it an extensive infrastructure , its carefully-ranked personnel and tiers of assemblies a hierarchy of control into which the king could tap . |
| 18 | His friends and colleagues gave him a cut glass sherry decanter and group pensions manager , , complemented this gift with matching sherry glasses . |
| 19 | His friends and colleagues gave him a memorable send off and presented him with binoculars ( for his bird watching ) , a leather writing case ( so that he can drop us a line from far off places ) and a couple of brandy glasses ( empty — unfortunately ) . |
| 20 | We were disappointed but we could still watch through the windows as Mum gave her final instructions to Mrs Taylor and Mrs Buckley . |
| 21 | I 've got about four sheets that Audrey gave me ! |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She had not had as many men as Karen gave her credit for , there was an element of blarney in all that , but there 'd been quite a number , had n't there ? |
| 24 | Yes but you 've got those brown ones that Paula gave you . |
| 25 | But , the old ones that Tom gave me originally they 've not flowered now for about three months yet they 're not dead . |
| 26 | It was not warm , but it was sheltered from the wind outside , and the stillness and randomness of the tools and litter gave it an almost religious significance , made it seem as if it was waiting . |