Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did it give prestige and add a sense of urgency to an undertaking , it also exerted the pressure of old feudal practice upon vassals to join their lord in person . |
| 2 | As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be . |
| 3 | Not only did he give me a shock , he also hurt me . |
| 4 | How long did you give me my certificate for ? |
| 5 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 6 | Now did they give you that and it 's something you do n't need or do you think maybe it 's something you do need ? |
| 7 | That , for some reason , almost made him give up , not the pain , but the familiar bit of furniture , the bed he had slept in for fifteen years , now hopelessly astray and as it seemed attacking him . |
| 8 | ‘ How did ye give it to her ? ’ |
| 9 | Tell me Clare , how did you give an idea of eternity to your kids at the convent ? |
| 10 | Only then did she give a little bow and , pouring herself some wine , settled , kneeling at her husband 's side . |
| 11 | Mswati did not specify who would decide on the incorporation of the Vusela-2 recommendations into a new constitution , neither did he give a new date for elections , which had been due in November , although he said on Oct. 26 that they would be held in the first half of 1993 . |
| 12 | ‘ Then why did she give me away ? ’ asked Juliet . |
| 13 | ‘ Mrs Thatcher ’ , she asked , ‘ Why , when the Belgrano , the Argentinian battleship , was outside the exclusion zone and actually sailing away from the Falklands , why did you give the order to sink it ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you give me a shock like that ? ’ |
| 15 | You could have been a British Champion by now — why did you give it up ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why did you give me the map ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did you give her sleeping pills ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why did you give me the impression that you were one of my father 's employees ? ’ she questioned without preamble . |
| 19 | ‘ Why did you give up Formula One ? ’ she enquired . |
| 20 | Kevin why did you give Michelle that glass cos I did n't wash those glasses , I did n't wash those glasses . |
| 21 | That would of made a good conversation , why did you give Michelle the glass ? |
| 22 | I mean , why did he give us all these flowers ? ’ |
| 23 | Kevin , why did he give Michelle those glasses , I did n't wash them properly , is that the first time |
| 24 | so , I must confess when I say that we 've had bad , like that time when Did you give er Lucy back her English ? |
| 25 | And it was there a week , oh well , at the last , the last thing I saw of it was like , Monday night and when did he give it me ? |