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

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1 Using the slogan ‘ Switch onto the New Clydesdale ’ to capture the company 's new image , Clydesdale devised a marketing strategy which improved staff skills , service levels and motivation and gave it a more upmarket profile in tune with the width and quality of its product range .
2 Sergeant licked Master 's face and hands and gave him playful nips on the arms .
3 You remember those things : they littered the creeks and bywaters of harbours , slowly returning to nature , back to the trees and minerals that gave them life .
4 Because she was beautiful , with her flaxen blonde hair tumbling down her back and those unusual dark eyes and eyebrows that gave her a look of the exotic .
5 I retained my archers but took away their bows and arrows and gave them powerful , waterproof torches instead .
6 He tucked the phone between chin and shoulder and gave me a friendly salute , but did n't pause in his recitation of copy .
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