Example sentences of "[adv] gave [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own ‘ anthropological history ’ in this liminoid phase became extended over eight years , until 1974 , and not only gave me time to reflect on many of the controls we were required to impose , but also to consider the nature of the social harm these unworldly folk devils and ‘ drug fiends ’ were actually causing ; for established society has never really known how to handle the unworldly easily . |
| 2 | This not only gave me access to the early morning shot of the Opera House from Farm Cove , but also a marvellous image of the disk of sun rising behind the naval boats in the strangely named harbour . |
| 3 | This not only gave me access to the early morning shot of the Opera House from Farm Cove , but also a marvellous image of the disk of sun rising behind naval boats in the strangely-named harbour . |
| 4 | what , really stupid , for work experience they just gave you places to go |
| 5 | Lindsay always gave him hell . |
| 6 | It was an expression that still gave him pleasure and he would have used it to describe his own limited grasp of the subject , but it would have been wasted on the sparrow-sized man across the big desk from him . |
| 7 | Small things still gave us hope and the rare glimpses of colour we saw took on an almost spiritual quality . |
| 8 | The power and wide-ranging applications of mathematics quickly gave it recognition as a discipline in its own right , whose theorems have now been brought to bear on problems in every field of knowledge . |
| 9 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 10 | Sancho , ruling in Castile , at once began to extend his territories , assisted by Rodrigo , who was given the title of Ensign , a position which automatically gave him command of the army . |
| 11 | The long weekend also gave me time to myself to rest and ponder on all that had gone and was to come . |
| 12 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 13 | We also gave them colour , length , and brightness illusions . |
| 14 | This early writing by abolitionists on their own history also gave them assurance that they were vindicating their country . |
| 15 | The vagueness of the substantive law also gave them opportunities . |
| 16 | It was politicians , captains of industry , people of influence in all quarters to whom his status as a public figure now gave him access . |
| 17 | McLeish raised his eyebrows , taken aback by the transparency of his superior 's line of thought , and primly gave him Francesca 's projected timetable . |
| 18 | I was so relieved that I even gave them time to finish their ice creams . |
| 19 | At the White House , a medic whom JFK called ‘ Dr Feelgood ’ regularly gave him shots containing amphetamines . |
| 20 | Our nurses were ‘ backing ’ for her , and that then gave them confidence to sing one verse or even two solo . |
| 21 | We played the harmonium and sang together and Dad sometimes gave us money to go to see a picture at the Queen 's Hall . |
| 22 | Finally , after a comm-call to the Emissary brought Lord y'Fiprehaude himself on to the screen , to simper a confirmation , the warden grudgingly gave me clearance . |
| 23 | I found my drink was a great problem with them because ( ) at that time I drank whisky and lemonade + and I would ( ) go and ask for whisky and lemonade and I would get ( ) whisky and lemon + because you have to ask for whisky ( ) or scotch and seven up + you know + I eventually ( ) cottoned on to it + but + and they could n't get over ( ) the fact that I did n't like ice in whisky and of course ( ) they either gave me ice whether I wanted it or not or ( ) they stacked the glass up + right up to the level that ( ) you would normally have if you had ice in your drink ( ) anyway + and consequently I got ploughed + frequently + ( ) and that 's that I + I tended to stick to my drink ++ ( ) |
| 24 | One can reasonably say that Balboa 's triumph ultimately gave us San Diego and Los Angeles , Santa Barbara and Yerba Buena , San Ysidro and San Onofre , San Clemente and San Francisco . |
| 25 | The booksellers were reluctant , even by 14th December , to have any stock that involved opening boxes , but they seemed to enjoy watching us lug books about for once , and happily gave us top-up orders . |
| 26 | In some cases their treaty rights specifically gave them access to them , but as passengers they underwent a steady process of rejection . |
| 27 | You never gave them keys to Madge . |
| 28 | When we heard on the grapevine that one of our four-legged friends was setting up her own fan club , it certainly gave us paws for thought . |
| 29 | I duly contacted Memory Direct , who told me they could n't supply these modules , but very helpfully gave me Epson 's customer support line number . |
| 30 | Now I 'd hate to think that anybody got the impression that we actually gave them instructions . |