Example sentences of "gave we [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They gave us all railway warrants back to our homes . |
| 2 | We needed to test our resources and Jets gave us that chance . ’ |
| 3 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 4 | Naturally , for the people who gave us oral fixation and penis envy , among other contributions to psycho-babble , this is far too simplistic an idea . |
| 5 | We were taken into a small chapel and some Spanish border guards gave us hot coffee and bread . |
| 6 | Just time to have a little chat about greyhounds with our greyhound man , Mick Weeble ; I think you gave us one winner last week did n't you Mick ? |
| 7 | ‘ The Witch gave us one promise . |
| 8 | It gave us such household names as Glasgow , Linlithgow , Lanark , Bathgate , Dalkeith , Stirling , Perth , Aberdeen , Arbroath , the Tay , the Clyde , the Forth etc , as well as our capital 's Edin , and the famous burn 's Bannock . |
| 9 | The only thing you can say is that DB gave us good service and for this we should be grateful . |
| 10 | This inspiring service gave us new heart . |
| 11 | We ‘ book people ’ are somewhat defensive about our occupation of the Church for a long period , so the following incident naturally gave us new confidence . |
| 12 | ‘ The fans who did turn up gave us tremendous support and I know they 'll be back but it would be nice to have an even bigger crowd roaring us on . ’ |
| 13 | A sort of Celtic Spinal Tap for Teds , it also gave us seminal TV villain Eddie McClockerty , played by the god-like Richard Wilson . |
| 14 | She gave us unfailing devotion and became an essential part of our family . |
| 15 | This gave us enough time to cover the harmonium and clear away any telltale signs of wood . |
| 16 | gave us last year it 's was nineteen eight , eight , eighty nine |
| 17 | ‘ They 're cheaper to run and they gave us more flexibility on positioning , ’ Wren adds . |
| 18 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |
| 19 | Elizabeth was brave and helped us ; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother 's death . |
| 20 | He gave us some money . |
| 21 | Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space . |
| 22 | I remember Mrs Seaton gave us some mince pies and we ate them hot , sitting on the floor in front of the tree — just the two of us . |
| 23 | Some could n't say what they 'd been wearing themselves , but their female colleagues usually gave us some idea . ’ |
| 24 | The bank was usually very understanding , and generally gave us some leeway until we were able to sell something . |
| 25 | They gave us some time back afterwards , because of the bairn having an operation . |
| 26 | One of the girls my colleague interviewed gave us some information . |
| 27 | Then she gave us some tea and toast . |
| 28 | The boy 's foster mother refused to be interviewed , but his real mother gave us this reaction . |
| 29 | No we went in and erm it was about er three or four minutes before we actually started and he just gave us this paper and he put sets of questions to the different types of differentiation |
| 30 | The man who gave us Big Black 's ‘ Songs About F—ing ’ . |