Example sentences of "i gave a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I gave a scream of horror . |
2 | After the conference I gave a seminar on the inflationary model and its problems at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute . |
3 | I remember clearly one of the first times I gave a word of knowledge . |
4 | I gained a lot out of 1991 , but I gave a lot to it . |
5 | ON OCTOBER 2 I gave a talk on the British monarchy at an astrological conference in Oslo . |
6 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
7 | When Aisha returned from work , coming through the door weighed down with plastic carrier bags , her coat smelling of perfume mixed with cigarette smoke , I gave a shiver of anger : I wanted to carry shopping bags like that and wear a coat like hers ! |
8 | In Chapter 2 I gave a breakdown of the five minimum requirements of the graph search mechanism . |
9 | I rang a sample of local authorities , but , because I prefer not to err on the side of scaremongering , I gave a figure of 20 to 25 per cent . |
10 | However , my sense of superiority was soon punctured when I gave a paper on semantics at the Philological Society , where my views met with scepticism and some hostility . |
11 | ‘ A few years ago I gave a lecture at Preston Polytechnic and afterwards nine black girls , some of them with toddlers , stayed behind and we began to talk . |
12 | Monday , 22nd : 11.00 : I gave a lecture on ‘ Grammar and Rhetoric : Two Aspects of Communication ’ at Jawaharlal Nehru University , where my hosts were the two . |
13 | 17.30 : I gave a lecture on Stylistics to the Teachers ' Forum , a group organized by of Osmania University . |
14 | In Committee I gave a list of the bus stations in town and city centres in England that had been sold off similarly to , although rather less spectacularly than , the station in Southampton . |
15 | If I gave a cup of wine to every vagabond who came whining to my door , how do you imagine I would make a living ? " exclaimed the eldest brother . |
16 | I gave an impression of a steady upward climb in the prey-catching abilities of cheetahs , and the predator-avoiding abilities of gazelles . |