Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at . |
| 2 | I understand that Miss Hauxwell usually did n't cut her grass until well into August , so that gave the plants plenty of time to bloom and seed . |
| 3 | he never made any thing else in his image , but he made you to be created in his image and with that there 's that status , were not just a more intelligent animal , were not just something else that God made even , but were that , that peak of his creative genius , the peak of it , the very pinnacle of it , not because of what we are , but because of the image , the pattern that he was using , his own self , created us in his image , so that gave us status but it gives us responsibility . |
| 4 | Other critics shared his view that enough was enough and gave both Marilyn French 's The War Against Women and Susan Faludi 's Backlash a pretty cool reception . |
| 5 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 6 | The scriptwriter — a trim , balding man in his fifties with a moustache — squeezed Dexter 's hand a little too warmly and gave him a serious smile of appraisal . |
| 7 | She heard a shuffling inside and gave a small sigh of relief . |
| 8 | At Mohnyin ten convalescent officers and twenty-eight men , the two faithful sergeants and myself got off the hospital train and made for the hospital of the BCMS where Dr Russell and the two nursing sisters took us all in and gave medical treatment to those needing it . |
| 9 | The farmer 's wife invited us in and gave us cheesy , potato turnovers — it would not be polite to refuse . |
| 10 | He stood up when she came in and gave her a big friendly smile . |
| 11 | Alice and Unice came in and gave her little nods , and sat down and knitted . |
| 12 | Automatically , she led them in and gave them their feed . |
| 13 | Spotting a thrush on the lawn , the cat leapt down and gave chase . |
| 14 | And then , before them all , he bent down and gave Brown Owl a kiss . |
| 15 | ‘ Luke , ’ shouted Juan ; Cantering up , he bent down and gave Luke a great hug ; ‘ My dear friend , 'ow are you ? |
| 16 | He bent his head down and gave the little hedgehog a big wet lick right on the nose . |
| 17 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |
| 18 | The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out . |
| 19 | For the first time she sat down and gave him her whole attention . |
| 20 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 21 | I wrote it all down and gave it to a solicitor . |
| 22 | He glanced down and gave a short , humourless grunt of laughter . |
| 23 | Through the first course , clear soup so strong that it almost jellied in an empty soup plate , he talked to Aunt Tossie while she supped up her soup delightedly and gave him gardening secrets for his mother . |
| 24 | That has now changed Eastern arts no longer support the gallery now one obvious reason for that is the gallery started so well because of the enthusiasm from a number of professional people who came along and gave their advice and much of their time and such a body of people has not been called upon for a number of years now and once again a request to discuss this with Mr was refused . |
| 25 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 26 | A short passage linked the two rooms together and gave access to the stairway . |
| 27 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 28 | There was only one really bitter outbreak of in-fighting , prompted by a story which Peter Walker had raked up from somewhere that gave an account of Margaret hoarding food during the miners ' strike . |
| 29 | Others have suggested that there were paired nasal sacs opening separately and gave rise to the theory that heterostracans might be ancestral to jawed vertebrates ( Fig. 2 B , b ) . |
| 30 | She pulled away and gave herself some time rolling and lighting a cigarette . |