Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , Butterworth and Clibber gave their reluctant assent . |
| 2 | The final stage between Cresswell and Burslem gave us a few anxious moments when Dave and Richard became ensnared in City Centre traffic but they managed to complete the 24 hour Tour de Matthey with 5 minutes to spare ! |
| 3 | John Major had no real choice of date this time , but March and April gave him such a nail-biting experience that he will never again postpone an election until so near the terminal date . |
| 4 | Played by Eve Bland in the film , Kathleen moved from her council flat in Prioress Street off London 's Old Kent Road after McAvoy gave her a £500,000 house at Turpington Farm in Kent . |
| 5 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , why do n't you use the money that Geoffrey and Jean gave you with al buy something and then you can write to them and tell them what you 've cos it 's a fortnight since your birthday , it 's time you 're writing to them they 'll think you 're a most ungrateful child if you do n't write and say thank you . |
| 6 | Staying with Kathy and Len gave me a chance to find out more about the difficulties . |
| 7 | In addition to discussing some delightfully way-out biological examples of iterated prisoner 's dilemmas , Axelrod and Hamilton gave what I regard as due recognition to the ESS approach . |
| 8 | The green sweep of the wooded hills on Morven and Mull gave us an impression of verdant lushness after the naked rock and brown moors of the Outer Isles . |
| 9 | Morris , the Gloucester left wing , did not move to cover Swift as he sprinted across again from the right wing , so Swift was left with such a clear overlap when Guscott and Fallon gave him the ball that he was able to score unopposed . |
| 10 | Erm Ian left that with me and I was to speak to Bob before Bob gave it to because it was n't very good . |
| 11 | A recent visit to Bangladesh and India gave me photos which have educated others about cultures they are not fortunate enough to have experienced . |
| 12 | Ashmolean Museum , Oxford , has bought its first Poussin drawing , the ‘ View of the Tiber Valley ’ , attributed to Claude until Blunt gave it to Poussin , ( £156,450 , est. £70–100,000 ; NACF , NHMF , the Hulme Fund , and the Friends of the Ashmolean and the Purchase Grant Fund support ) . |
| 13 | It is believed she claimed she was assaulted and kept captive at a friend 's flat in Chelsea after Sarfraz gave her a lift in his car . |
| 14 | David said : ‘ Tony and George gave me my job and I was delighted . |
| 15 | I remember the pleasure it gave a handful of guests at the Dilworth home when Ira and Arthur gave us their four-hand version of Bach 's chorale ‘ Where Sheep May Safely Graze ’ . |
| 16 | Taking the ingredients of the cloak-and-dagger historical novel current in his time , he gave his imaginary country certain recognisable Central European characteristics but only one or two passing references to Vienna and Dresden gave it anything like a real location . |