Example sentences of "[conj] gave the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if you made a bad decision , or gave the wrong judgement against someone in a dispute , then some of your people might suffer . ’ |
| 2 | They scattered across the dirt plaza that gave the low-lying village its air of consequence ; those whose homes lay uphill began their journey with scuffling games of last-lick which ceased as the road became steep and the heat too strong . |
| 3 | The best that could be done was to influence its shape in a way that gave the greatest help to the home market . |
| 4 | Maybe I secreted some hormone that gave the average Tellenorean a violently unpleasant feeling . |
| 5 | Statements of evidence were prepared and served in accordance with the rules and a psychiatric report from a consultant psychiatrist was available at court and that gave the early history and background about this very disturbed boy . |
| 6 | It was the kings ' collective identity as a family , clearly marked out by their distinctive names , that gave the Carolingian world a political unity underlying successive partitions . |
| 7 | NORWICH captain John Polston notched his first goal of the season at Carrow Road last night to knock Aston Villa off the top of the FA Premier League in a match that gave the Premier championship race yet another twist . |
| 8 | If I had to design an attractive luxury car that gave the optimum compromise between performance , space , noise level and fuel economy , it would quite probably resemble the 605 SVi . |
| 9 | brick inset was all the brick and then plastered over and that gave the black and white effect , but that was the original and the , the proper way to do it |
| 10 | Demonstrating the grace , style and discipline that gave the British team 7th place in the Olympics . |
| 11 | Under British pressure , the French eventually departed in humiliation , but only after presiding over a covenant that gave the Lebanese republic the system of power-sharing which is now disintegrating . |
| 12 | Llewellyn was a quick thinker , and gave the Masonic sign of distress on the faint chance that the trooper was also a member of the order . |
| 13 | He was elected FRS in 1892 and gave the Croonian lecture in 1896 . |
| 14 | He had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console with some lower-level relays here in the ballroom ; he 'd been running some smoke and dry ice earlier , and some of it still hung in the air and gave the lighted area beyond the doorways the effect of some offworld film set . |
| 15 | He was at his most stubborn , and gave the predictable answers to the obvious questions . |
| 16 | For safety , I dismantled the link to Kirov and gave the final go-ahead . |
| 17 | Sanchez collected the winnings , pushed half the roll into his shirt and gave the other half back . |
| 18 | One lawyer cited one of the first such cases to be heard in Scotland : ‘ At one point the tribunal took the case by the scruff of the neck and told the claimants to put in their claim within 14 days and gave the other side the same amount of time for their defences . |
| 19 | She felt her face beginning to get hot as two women passed by and gave the two of them a casual glance . |
| 20 | She beckoned the Daughter forward with her razorfingered glove , and gave the traditional high-pitched ‘ pomp giggle . |
| 21 | This lasted on and off , for a hundred years and gave the Korean church over 10,000 martyrs . |
| 22 | Pacem in Terris summed up Pope John 's magisterium , and gave the age-old term a new meaning . |
| 23 | In his covering letter he mentioned yet another title and gave the Wagnerian aspect an unexpected prominence : " I have written a pamphlet … which is to have the title " Music and Tragedy " , and I am sending you the beginning of it in manuscript . |
| 24 | The plaintiff guard saw the defendant on the outside of the train and gave the incorrect signal to the driver . |
| 25 | Hopes of getting an inquiry appear to have been dashed in 1979 when Britain offered its £100 million and gave the Sri-Lankan government the confidence to sweep aside any objections . |
| 26 | and gave the best fucking he could : if a man does not do this , a young woman 's love will disappear when he has her , and he will not find ecstasy with her : for a young woman , properly brought up , wants to be fucked often . |
| 27 | Matilda started to go with them , but as she passed Miss Honey she paused and her twinkling eyes met the teacher 's eyes and Miss Honey ran forward and gave the tiny child a great big hug and a kiss . |
| 28 | He raised the tip of the rod , and gave the slightest flick of his wrist , swinging the line in a smooth curve out over the water . |
| 29 | Under King Charles II Bishop Cosin turned the hall into a chapel after the dilapidations of the Commonwealth general , and gave the medieval windows a clerestory . |
| 30 | Meeting platforms were festooned with a plethora of union jacks and members wore badges and gave the Italian fascist salute . |