Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at . |
| 2 | I understand that Miss Hauxwell usually did n't cut her grass until well into August , so that gave the plants plenty of time to bloom and seed . |
| 3 | he never made any thing else in his image , but he made you to be created in his image and with that there 's that status , were not just a more intelligent animal , were not just something else that God made even , but were that , that peak of his creative genius , the peak of it , the very pinnacle of it , not because of what we are , but because of the image , the pattern that he was using , his own self , created us in his image , so that gave us status but it gives us responsibility . |
| 4 | Other critics shared his view that enough was enough and gave both Marilyn French 's The War Against Women and Susan Faludi 's Backlash a pretty cool reception . |
| 5 | Well erm if I 'm crystal ball gazing , I would hope that all the women in this country , whatever their colour and whatever their class , would have access to first-class provision for their young children , so that if they wished to work they could actually work in jobs that paid them enough and gave them job satisfaction . |
| 6 | The scriptwriter — a trim , balding man in his fifties with a moustache — squeezed Dexter 's hand a little too warmly and gave him a serious smile of appraisal . |
| 7 | She heard a shuffling inside and gave a small sigh of relief . |
| 8 | Through the first course , clear soup so strong that it almost jellied in an empty soup plate , he talked to Aunt Tossie while she supped up her soup delightedly and gave him gardening secrets for his mother . |
| 9 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 10 | A short passage linked the two rooms together and gave access to the stairway . |
| 11 | His cajoling got him as far as the first landing , but then his legs all but gave out , and thereafter he had to climb using his one good arm to haul him onwards . |
| 12 | There was only one really bitter outbreak of in-fighting , prompted by a story which Peter Walker had raked up from somewhere that gave an account of Margaret hoarding food during the miners ' strike . |
| 13 | Others have suggested that there were paired nasal sacs opening separately and gave rise to the theory that heterostracans might be ancestral to jawed vertebrates ( Fig. 2 B , b ) . |
| 14 | She pulled away and gave herself some time rolling and lighting a cigarette . |
| 15 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 16 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 17 | A representative sample of the adult British population was asked : ‘ If the company you work for had to move its premises , do you think you would or would not move with it and find a new home if it moved more than 50 miles away and gave you financial help to move ? ’ |
| 18 | Mr Goldin 's team started with a clean slate — but then Congress took it away and gave them one with lots already on it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll make sure that I 'll bring her back in one piece , ’ André was saying , but Piers had turned away and gave no indication of having heard what was being said to him . |
| 20 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 21 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 22 | ‘ Design ’ meant the arrangement of the various parts of a developed area — buildings , roads , spaces — so that they functioned properly , could be built economically and gave pleasure to look at and be in . |
| 23 | He knocked on the door , a voice rasped ‘ Come in , ’ the Sergeant opened the door , I stepped into the room , turned right and gave one of my best salutes . |
| 24 | County and district councillors came along and after searching questions , agreed with our plan wholeheartedly and gave us very good advice . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 26 | It also reflected the society 's work effectively and gave a helpful analysis of expenditure in the summary accounts . |
| 27 | Edward held still and gave his mind to his wife . |
| 28 | PRESIDENT Yeltsin neutralised the Russian opposition yesterday and gave his government several months ' leeway to press ahead with radical economic reforms . |
| 29 | ‘ That 's what I call civilization , ’ he said decisively and gave one of them a smart pat . |
| 30 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |