Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 2 | In the deal that gave Air France part of Czech airline CSA , EBRD funds were being used to finance a deal between two state airlines , one of them run by his brother Bernard . |
| 3 | Last month George Soros bought a 10% stake at $19.50 a share , a deal that gave a boost to the price of gold . |
| 4 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 5 | In particular , we would not know what it was about consciousness that gave rise to its falling under the given kinds of statement . |
| 6 | Smithers was an English publisher who got his sexual kicks from deflowering virgins , an obsession that gave rise to Oscar Wilde 's celebrated remark that ‘ Smithers loves first editions ’ . |
| 7 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 8 | Be careful — this is the movie that gave Andrew Strong to the world . |
| 9 | One hundred and fifty-five years on from Darwin 's marital dilemma , the major pre-occupation that gave rise to the organization of the conference to which this paper is submitted , is a marriage of a different sort : the study of history and the use of information technology . |
| 10 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 11 | It was propped against the end-post of a break in the wall , the same break that gave on to the cottage steps which Forester had passed before . |
| 12 | The mixtures were gently rocked for two minutes and the lowest final concentration that gave macroscopic agglutination when read against a dark background was recorded . |
| 13 | THE vote that gave the Democrats the White House and is expected to give them their tightest grip on Congress in decades also saw the first black woman elected to the Senate . |
| 14 | It was probably this practice that gave rise to the popular image of witches flying on broomsticks . |
| 15 | If I had to design an attractive luxury car that gave the optimum compromise between performance , space , noise level and fuel economy , it would quite probably resemble the 605 SVi . |
| 16 | It was screwed to the jamb of a doorway that gave access to the premises of Henson & Burbidge , Fat and Bone Dealers . |
| 17 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 18 | Oldham was the scene of a great building boom in the second half of the nineteenth century , and many ordinary working folk bought shares in the great cotton industry that gave rise to it . |
| 19 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 20 | It was not only industry that gave advanced European nations their character , but the way in which industrialisation took place , developing the growth of capitalist social relations . |
| 21 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 22 | C-terminal deletions ( A ) and N-terminal deletions ( B ) prepared as in Methods were analyzed on 11% SDS-PAGE and stained by silver staining to determine both their purity and the amounts of protein that gave apparent stoichiometry to r30 . |
| 23 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 24 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 25 | She went into the bedroom and gave way to a burst of weeping . |
| 26 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 27 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |
| 28 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 29 | They found that most parents opposed closure and gave educational reasons for their attitudes . |
| 30 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |