Example sentences of "gave us [det] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You gave us all a start , ’ Rose said happily .
2 A tall muscular Lance-Corporal ( I think ) in a red beret and camouflage suit stepped into the doorway of the coach , gave us all a knowing look , and stepped out and nodded us through the outer gate .
3 At the end of the EFL training course I did in London , a British Council type gave us all a pep talk before we were packed off to Ankara or Kuala Lumpur .
4 It gave us all a terrible shock .
5 The day they told us we were to close gave us all a shock
6 Gave us all a nasty upset , I remember . ’
7 Gave us all a once over . ’
8 He gave , they gave us all a lovely mug each , beautiful
9 The UK airshow season for 1992 gave us all the things we love :
10 It gave us all the boost we needed to carry on to the launch and , after that , to the second anniversary of John 's captivity .
11 An American soldier gave us each a balloon and told us that the winner would be the one who could soonest burst the balloon by blowing it up beyond its stretching point .
12 ‘ Ziggy Stardust ’ had just been released in England and David was doing well with it , or so I 'm told , but no-one had heard of him at all in America , so Tony DeFries gave us each a box of 25 albums to just give to whoever we thought was cool , which actually turned out to be a pretty good idea .
13 Before leaving him , we shook hands and he gave us each a yellow , fine-pointed Biro pen with which he was so fond of writing : a signal and a last gesture of kindness .
14 Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years .
15 You gave us such a fright .
16 I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . "
17 For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA .
18 One year , I remember , he gave us half an hour on John McEnroe being slung out of the Men 's Singles .
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