Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure that was a better lunch than my father gave you in Rouen . ’ |
| 3 | And although her slenderness gave her an air of fragility , Guy had felt the gentle curves of her body when he 'd searched for a concealed weapon . |
| 4 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps that 's because it was a private home until its owner gave it to the National Trust . |
| 6 | But if her astrologer gave her any warning , she 's not telling anyone . |
| 7 | If your boyfriend gave you a massage would it do any good ? |
| 8 | They got on to the field without difficulty in the middle of a bombing raid by the RAF on Benghazi , and sat there while their leader gave them a lecture on deer-stalking in the Highlands . |
| 9 | MD , , presented with a colour television from the company , while his colleagues gave him a garden bench . |
| 10 | While his loyalism gave him urban working-class support , it was the rural Protestants who were most receptive to his evangelical emphases and who made a seat like Bannside obviously attractive . |
| 11 | ‘ Though your mother wore the ring every day after my father gave it to her , Maria noticed that her hand was bare when she left . ’ |
| 12 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 13 | Both the village and surrounding countryside are worth some exploration and I was lucky as my trek gave me an insight into both . |
| 14 | I was able to follow up that evening , for my father gave me a lovely chrysanthemum bloom from his greenhouse and the next day I took it to her home and asked her mother , who opened the door to my rather nervous knock , if she would give it to her daughter . |
| 15 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 16 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 17 | " We still like to take fuchsia cuttings but we are now more interested in small trees and shrubs , and most recently , in water and marginal plants " , explains Barbara , whose interest really began when her grandfather gave them his greenhouse when he was too ill to look after it . |
| 18 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |
| 19 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 20 | A PILOT called Randy went into a tailspin when his girl-friend gave him the elbow . |
| 21 | Though his expression gave nothing away a muscle flickered at the point of his jaw . |
| 22 | However , her expression of anger kept him in touch with that unrecognized part of himself , just as his control gave her a much needed boundary . |
| 23 | All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him . |