Example sentences of "[adv] gave a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her gaze slid round the unfamiliar room , then she suddenly gave a loud groan as everything slid back into place . |
| 2 | In 1900 Edinburgh Waverley Station boasted forty lady operators working in the telegraph department , sending out 4,000 messages a day.a But it was of course the First World War which suddenly gave a tremendous fillip to women 's employment in stations . |
| 3 | Staring at him , she suddenly gave a sheepish smile . |
| 4 | Looking up at Ellie , Mrs McMahon suddenly gave a little start , and , to Ellie 's astonishment , she suddenly looked wary . |
| 5 | But his reaction was difficult to define because he merely gave a small shrug and , taking Lucy 's hand , he led her back along the path , where the darkness continued to be broken by the moon 's rays filtering through the trees . |
| 6 | As they crossed the broad reach of the Spree at Elsenstrasse , where tugs were crunching through the ice , Erika pointed out what sights there were to see but Karl merely gave a perfunctory nod and returned to his absorbed stare through his window . |
| 7 | Digestion with PstI alone gave a single band of 10.4 kb with the ble probe , which also hybridised with the tubulin specific probe ( probe 1 , Fig. 1B ) . |
| 8 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was the wine I had drunk but I only gave a short yell before my hair was grabbed and my head jerked violently back . |
| 10 | ‘ Then what are we waiting for ? ’ said Jimmy as thunder roared again , and the thing below gave an answering bellow of fury . |
| 11 | The baby finally gave a feeble and pitiful squawk , quite unlike the enraged roars which McAllister had been told that her sturdy brothers had made on entering their privileged world — and which she had undoubtedly made herself — but at least he was breathing . |
| 12 | But by the nineteenth century knowledge itself had expanded so rapidly , and interest in locating published accounts of very specific knowledge units had developed so greatly , that all previous expedients had to some extent broken down , and the new public libraries proliferating in the UK , the USA , and elsewhere gave an added impetus to invention . |
| 13 | Aye well this man that I ke know he had quite a lot of money and he just gave a six pence to the kirk , and he had always plenty of money when he died . |
| 14 | She just gave a dirty chuckle but later , in the hospitality room , I noticed her glossing up , and then she marched up , got hold of my face and planted a great magenta smacker on my cheek , and held it there for several seconds . |
| 15 | Instead , he just gave a little nod . |
| 16 | The calvados did not flow like fire if taken with sucre en morceaux like this : it just gave a funny kick in the area of her chest , and made her gurgle with the heat of it . |
| 17 | Even Fleury , who was perfectly conscious of the force of McNab 's arguments , nevertheless gave a visceral assent to those of Dr Dunstaple . |
| 18 | Divisional Conferences held in January and February 1932 , though recording greater support for disaffiliation , nevertheless gave a two to one vote in favour of staying inside the Labour Party . |
| 19 | Mrs Webster had a Friend ( to whom she always gave a metaphorical capital letter in speech ) , and she told me how much her Friend liked reading . |
| 20 | Miss Tylee always gave a cheerful service and was most helpful ; if she did n't stock an article the customer was always advised where it could be obtained . |
| 21 | Farmers always gave a special supper to the sheep shearers when they had finished their work . |
| 22 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 23 | She looked tired , and her face had lost its usual bloom , but she still gave a bright smile as she saw her . |
| 24 | I found the car a lot more nimble , it keeps the driver more in touch with the action , but at the same time still gave a smooth , quiet ride . |
| 25 | But like Parry , Sky see no real problem , and yesterday gave a full-blown London premier to the 90-second commercial which will be seen also on ITV . |
| 26 | Princess Anne yesterday gave a tantalising glimpse of the ring — without meaning to . |
| 27 | Philip Crowe , principal of the Salisbury and Wells Theological College , who yesterday gave an impassioned plea for women 's ordination on Radio 4 's Thought For The Day , said : ‘ This is absolutely marvellous . |
| 28 | He also gave a strong indication that he and other leading party figures had accepted that Rocard , the leader of the smallest faction within the party but one of the country 's most popular politicians , would be the front-runner for the PS nomination to succeed President François Mitterrand in the presidential elections in 1995 . |
| 29 | And just in case any trend of the moment was missed , they also gave a strong showing for their mode masculine retake on the Dandy theme . |
| 30 | It also gave a decisive boost to the decline of the ‘ Führer myth ’ . |