Example sentences of "[adj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In anthropology the world-wide connections of the British gave them a notable advantage . |
| 2 | The accused gave his mistress carbon tetrachloride to increase sexual satisfaction . |
| 3 | And being indeed penniless gave me a curious and delightful feeling of freedom . |
| 4 | Windows application vendors Lotus Development Corp , WordPerfect Corp , Software Publishing Corp , Aldus , Datastrom Technologies Inc and Borland International gave their blessings . |
| 5 | The large group of Lib-Dem supporters present gave their candidate by far the longest ovation of the evening , holding up Peter Jenks 's message . |
| 6 | ‘ United gave him away and Mike Walker must have thought it was his lucky day . |
| 7 | United gave everything they 'd got … they matched the big boys in effort and endeavour … down a bit on speed and power but that 's what you 'd expect … |
| 8 | The fact that we were able to change the front page up to 3 am. if necessary gave us a tremendous advantage over the national papers , already on their way to Wales by train . |
| 9 | Windows application vendors Lotus Development Corp , WordPerfect Corp , Software Publishing Corp , Aldus Corp , Datastrom Technologies Inc and Borland International Inc gave their blessings . |
| 10 | For his twenty-first birthday , the ever-generous and understanding Lagerfeld senior gave his son a Bentley . |