Example sentences of "she [adv] gave [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leah bore him children , but Rachel was barren for a long period during which Jacob had children by her maidservant before she eventually gave birth to Joseph and then Benjamin . |
| 2 | She always gave orders with a smile , but the more she smiled the more quickly you acted . ’ |
| 3 | She spotted a sweater she once gave Edward for a birthday , and various throw-outs of her own . |
| 4 | Three times as the president spoke , Diana flashed him the kind of flattering sideways glances she once gave Charles . |
| 5 | Within hours of the signing of the law , Janet Benshoof , an attorney from the American Civil Liberties Union , made a speech in which she deliberately gave advice on where women could obtain abortions . |
| 6 | Davide was walking now down the street which intersected with the woman 's shop ; she still gave sheets of pink blotting paper for change , and a photograph of her son was pinned up on the shelf behind her till ; the news was that he was in the army , but Davide was ashamed to inquire what that report concealed . |
| 7 | But she denied that the only reason she later gave evidence against Frak was to avoid any suspicion that she 'd hit Mrs Fribbens . |
| 8 | She also gave birth to CRONUS , the first ruler of Olympus , the Titans and the Cyclops . |
| 9 | She now gave piano lessons , on a strictly limited basis , to suitable children . |
| 10 | She then gave Jacob her maidservant , Bilhah , as a wife , saying that through her , she would build a family . |
| 11 | Whilst her husband , Captain Sherwood , was serving in India , she there gave birth to her first son , Henry , who did not long survive . |
| 12 | Faced with the need to chastise a dancer , she never gave way to anger nor showed her annoyance but her eyes would fill with tears and she would say , ‘ I never thought a Tiller would let us down like this . ’ |
| 13 | In place of these two extremes , we need to be like Mary , Jesus ' mother , who received the word within her , so that she actually gave birth to the Word of God . |
| 14 | … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth . |