Example sentences of "the [noun pl] gave [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poor Mangan , ’ Father Poole would sigh , ‘ the street-arabs gave him an awful time — and I was one of them , God forgive me . ’ |
| 2 | The rabbits gave them a wide berth and came through by another gap farther up , close to the gnarled trunk of an old crabapple tree . |
| 3 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 4 | It was doubtful whether his preaching saved many souls , but enough of the navvies gave him a polite hearing to satisfy his missionary urges . |
| 5 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 6 | He liked to live in company with another ; Bo-Bo had only negative virtues but , he had to admit , he would be lonely when she died , and the doctors gave her no more than a year . |
| 7 | The men gave him a small piece of paper . |
| 8 | When a car passed by the men gave it a cursory glance . |
| 9 | Suspended from duty , the police gave him an internal trial . |
| 10 | The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win . |
| 11 | At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown . |