Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | SOUNDS : Sadly missed rock 'n' roll weekly that gave a start to half NME 's current glitterati . |
| 2 | Both , as it turns out , were wrong and gave ‘ invalid drive specification ’ messages when trying to change to drive C after booting from the A drive . |
| 3 | ‘ I said I was very interested and gave my credit card number as requested . ’ |
| 4 | While Mr Gould said membership of the ERM was ‘ not in play ’ , he nevertheless believed the rate at which sterling was taken in was indefensible and gave little room to develop a coherent economic strategy . |
| 5 | And our feeling , if if my memory serves me right , was that we felt that our site safety courses were adequate and gave |
| 6 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 7 | Then we recontoured the maps into metric and gave Foinavon a spot height of 914 . ’ |
| 8 | He ‘ caught numerous examples , marked and gave them their liberty , in order to ascertain whether the individuals which were flying round the ship at nightfall , were the same that were similarly engaged at daylight in the morning after a night 's run of 120 miles , and which in nearly every instance proved to be the case . ’ |
| 9 | Two companies promptly said it was impossible and gave up , but in the end we picked a firm who , we felt , understood the problems and would be flexible and responsive . |
| 10 | There are good grounds for thinking that to a significant degree home and foreign capital markets were separate and gave rise to quite different levels of investment expectations . |
| 11 | It worried him a bit , but it was n't here that he looked nervous and gave me reason to be concerned . |
| 12 | She glanced at Andrew , even more silent that evening than usual and gave an exaggerated sigh . |
| 13 | It trained , armed and gave financial support to the Contras , a motley group of opponents of the Sandinistas , led by former Somocista National Guards . |
| 14 | Scientific breakthroughs made this seem possible and gave rise to the Green Revolution . |
| 15 | The tension in her slackened and gave way to curiosity as she pulled out instead a gold-embossed card . |
| 16 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 17 | The moon , a half moon polished thin at the edges , swam low and gave a little light . |
| 18 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 19 | But they said that it was a different matter over in the west , around Appleby way , where they generally paid more money but worked you very hard and gave you little meat . |
| 20 | gave me a C yeah and said improved greatly from the last showed much better in his work and really trying hard and gave me a C. |
| 21 | He seemed so relaxed and gave no hint that anything was wrong . ’ |
| 22 | The Thom case was exceptional and gave rise to something of a public outcry . |
| 23 | They made me welcome and gave up their time to talk freely and openly about everything that had happened to them . |
| 24 | It kept out the cold and gave strength and comfort beyond its natural powers . |
| 25 | Luke sat still and gave her her head , amazed that the more she warmed up , the faster she went , staggered by the distance she could carry his 190-pound bulk in the burning sun . |
| 26 | The real lesson of the 23 July Cabinet meeting was that , in spite of all the doubts expressed , Margaret Thatcher and Geoffrey Howe stood firm and gave not an inch . |
| 27 | Hilda Lodge welcomed the group of 50 qualified and student teachers present and gave a special welcome to Peggy Secord who had come along to share our day . |
| 28 | Hilda Lodge welcomed the group of 50 qualified and student teachers present and gave a special welcome to Peggy Secord who had come along to share our day . |
| 29 | I did n't personally think having a piano on the back of a truck was much use either , but it looked good and gave the band somewhere to balance their beer cans . |
| 30 | Mercer produced a key and gave it to me , explaining that I would come to a locked door . |