Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sorry I gave you such a rotten tea . ’ |
| 2 | " I m sorry I gave you such a fright . |
| 3 | Erm sorry I gave them all away I 'm afraid mhm yeah so er I 'm tempted to start rolling again in a moment so would you like to make an announcement yeah ? |
| 4 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ It was a wonderful donation and because it was so generous we gave the Leas the chance to name the two dogs . ’ |
| 5 | A spokeswoman for The Guide Dog for the Blind Centre at Middlesbrough said : ‘ It was a wonderful donation and because it was so generous we gave the Leas the chance to name the two dogs . ’ |
| 6 | The tide was so high it gave the impression of the train being waterborne . |
| 7 | A fuel tank was shaped into a boat so that when empty it gave 600lb buoyancy in the event of ditching . |
| 8 | Years coaching black kids in South Africa , his marital ups and downs , his worship for the suspicious Wardle , his boyhood experiences as a film extra which gave him a life-long love of being ‘ on stage ’ , all this satisfactorily answers the question ‘ Why a book from this chap ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ When you get really hungry you 'll be sorry you gave so much as a mouthful away . ’ |
| 10 | Erm you gave your business card , sorry you gave your buyer 's guide first and Steve raised an objection then about do you find it a problem only selling for one company |
| 11 | When I was ill she gave me some herbs made into a medicine and I got better quite quickly . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm glad he gave it to you . |
| 13 | ‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it . |
| 14 | ‘ Sure I gave them her . |
| 15 | Past customers swayed by the dialogue include Fujitsu which installed nine lifts worth £300,000 at its Aycliffe factory , and developer Murray International which gave Pickerings the £150,000 contract to supply lifts for Dunedin House , the Teesdale site office block . |
| 16 | The region of Strathclyde , spreading south from the Clyde to encompass Cumberland and Westmorland , was in the hands of Britons speaking Cumbric , a Welsh form of Gaelic which gave Cumbria its name . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you sure you gave me a map ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Are you sure you gave him the message right ? |
| 19 | ’ The fuzzy one gave Rachaela her change , correctly . |
| 20 | ‘ I made sure they gave you one without the prices . ’ |
| 21 | Exceptional Photoplays labelled it as ‘ an uncompromising film ’ and was quite sure it gave proof that ‘ motion picture art has by this time attained its majority ’ . |
| 22 | And with that he left , making sure he gave the door a good hard slam as well . |
| 23 | Tired and hungry I gave the head Pooh-Bah a rap with the wrong end of the feather duster as I passed . |
| 24 | Whilst it was still airborne you gave it an almighty swipe and endeavoured to send it further than your opponent . |
| 25 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 26 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 27 | The pink one gave me a bottle of painkillers and the blue one asked if I needed my hair or make-up re-touched . |
| 28 | The Rev. Joseph Edelson , a controversial Anglo-Catholic who gave his name to the house , was vicar of Gainford for 40 years but he also had other interests . |
| 29 | The B team are so determined they gave up holiday time and daily allowances to assemble for two days of intensive preparation this week in Cardiff . |
| 30 | the other one gave us a quote for three hundred and eighty eight |