Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] gave [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Macfie also gave £400 , the annual interest to be credited to the Sustentation Fund of the congregation . |
| 2 | DEAN RICHARDS and Martin Bayfield both gave England team manager Geoff Cooke a scare before joining up with the Grand Slam squad . |
| 3 | Frank also gave Crawford the opportunity to dream up stunts that would put his previous daredevilry in the shade . |
| 4 | Ms Donovan eventually gave notice on this basis , but she later submitted an unfair dismissal application . |
| 5 | It was written rapidly ( and compulsively ) in early 1914 , in an attic room in Selsfield House with some resemblance to his own study bedroom at 61 Shelgate Road where his writing began and where Helen later gave birth to his son . |
| 6 | Mr then gave figures for that operation which totalled fifty three thousand six hundred and thirty eight pounds and fifty five pence . |
| 7 | Megaw LJ in Littelwoods however gave examples of what went beyond mere knowledge of the way in which the plaintiffs ran their business . |
| 8 | Wife or not , she knew that Stephen never gave praise unless he thought it was due . |
| 9 | Between 1897 and 1900 , George Cadbury alone gave £3,065 as well as an original gift of £2,000 . |
| 10 | With only the briefest moment of hesitation , Harry willingly gave way to the heady temptation of holding this vibrant , passionate young girl in his arms . |
| 11 | The visit followed a meeting between Miyazawa and Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the UN headquarters in New York in January 1992 , when it had been confirmed that Yeltsin would visit Japan in September 1992 , and when Yeltsin reportedly gave assurances that Russia would honour the 1956 agreement . |
| 12 | Having fleshed out the frames of the characters , Whitaker virtually gave Coburn a free hand in his teleplay , needing to concentrate instead on the vast amount of work involved in reshaping the series with the loss or deferment of so many storylines . |
| 13 | Gleeson equalised for London when he met a cross at the far post from his fellow winger Wyke , but Ralph then gave Oxford their first win since they beat Cheam on October 21 . |
| 14 | Eisenhower again gave vent to his feelings in private , threatening if necessary to hit the meddling Soviets " with everything in the bucket " . |
| 15 | So Peg never gave Mrs Sugar a thought . |
| 16 | ii In an otherwise cautious account of English Juvenile Courts ( 1938 ) Winifred Elkin also gave vent to ‘ the feeling that life has no sure foundations and that the future is utterly uncertain' , believing that ‘ it is not morally healthy for children to grow up in an atmosphere of restlessness and pleasure-seeking … |
| 17 | However , Edmunds later gave Stevens 8 per cent after he was challenged by the singer . |
| 18 | Bentham also gave consideration to the notion of an optimum size for establishments which , in the case of the Panopticon , he set at 2000 " hands " ( Hume , 1981 p 142 ) . |
| 19 | Whyte even gave tips on how to answer the questions correctly — that is , in the way the corporation would like you to : ‘ Repeat to yourself — I like things pretty well the way they are . |
| 20 | Francis only gave hima one year contract a bit back because of it.Sheff Wed bought Coleman from derby last night so hopefully there is no truth in it ! ! |
| 21 | Following take-off at 0945 the wooded landscape around USAAF Station 133 East Wretham soon gave way to the flat fields criss-crossed with the dykes of Fenland , ideal for the purpose of the day . |
| 22 | Recession had already promised a slow start to this year er , but in January when worry about the Gulf actually gave way to the war itself erm , the trading climate which was already weak erm worsened still further . |
| 23 | Sean quietly gave Noreen 's knee a little squeeze . |
| 24 | The possession of Aquitaine and , after 1279 , Ponthieu also gave opportunities for individual advancement in the king-duke 's service . |
| 25 | The bullet avoids in this , well very briefly , erm about for half a dozen of them , first of all erm , I 'd like members to be aware of the increasing interest being taken by the Department of Transport in the Ipswich transportation strategy and the Ipswich traffic study before that , the predictions we have from our consultants for the year two thousand and six and particularly their interest in their own trunk road system around Ipswich and the capacity of the Orwell Bridge , so that Department of Transport in Bedford are suddenly come to life to see what 's happening and have requested access to the information we have required from previous investment and consultancy work and the panel of members , the joint panel of members Ipswich , Suffolk recently gave approval to expose for being their findings of our work to the Department of Transport , which I think is a very good move and , and only be of some valuable to us ultimately . |
| 26 | Edouard de Chavigny always gave jewels . |
| 27 | As his family began to grow , money was hard to come by so he became a clerk for his family and John cannily gave dressmaking work to his new daughter-in-law to help them survive whilst getting good value for money for himself . |
| 28 | Bob quelled her with a look , but I noticed slightly later and indeed all evening that she stuck very closely to his side , which could have been interpreted as her own insecurity if I had n't remembered Mackie saying that meek little Ingrid never gave Bob much chance to stray with the likes of Angela Brickell and God help him if he did . |