Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 3 | She went into the bedroom and gave way to a burst of weeping . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So then I spent a few hours quietly relaxing , until finally Posi reached the rendezvous point , reduced speed and gave the ’ spacecraft sighted ’ warning . |
| 6 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 7 | They found that most parents opposed closure and gave educational reasons for their attitudes . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His grandson , John Burden Blandy , was a great public benefactor and gave land for building the sea wall . |
| 10 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
| 11 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 12 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 13 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 14 | Gradually he removed his concentration and gave it to me . |
| 15 | Having most of the action Ballymoney lost their concentration and gave the ball away for McNaugh to finish from a tight angle . |
| 16 | Case 2 — A woman of 85 with diabetes controlled by diet presented to the accident and emergency department and gave a history of loss of independence over two weeks and a fall . |
| 17 | Out by the pool she found a girl who greeted her warmly and , delving into the recesses of her knapsack , brought out a box of nougat and gave it to her . |
| 18 | One of Charles Tennant 's business partners was a young Glasgow chemist called Charles Mackintosh , the man who later gained world-wide recognition for his invention of a waterproof fabric and gave his name to a raincoat made of the material . |
| 19 | He said the men made Mrs Kennedy phone Ulster Television and ask for cameras but then agreed to speak to a priest and gave themselves up . |
| 20 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 21 | Angela stripe , co-owner of Clayton-Stripe International and a former member of Britain 's World Cup team , took one Madonna look-alike and gave her five fab hairstyles ! |
| 22 | ‘ So you pushed her out of the car and gave the whole game away ? ’ |
| 23 | He was looking for something which immobilised the car and gave an audible warning if it was broken into . ’ |
| 24 | AY , says WG , failed to detect the fraud and gave Alkar a clean bill of health in the accounts published in July 1988 . |
| 25 | They announced their willingness to co-operate with Roh in the formation of a truly neutral administration and gave notice of their intention to end the legislative boycott . |
| 26 | Gilfach Iago and Inclino Top continued like clockwork and gave us no surprises . |
| 27 | Charles Caldwell , the leading phrenologist in the US in the 1850s , called on women to stop wearing corsets , as they stopped the circulation of the blood and gave rise to ‘ many forms of painful and annoying diseases ’ . |
| 28 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 29 | Mick Jagger put on a charming little Greek skirt and gave a free performance to thousands in London 's Hyde Park , while Bob Dylan headed down to the Isle of Wight for a three-day festival of dope , sex and rock ‘ n ’ roll attended by 150,000 fans . |
| 30 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |