Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] gave [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growled admission obviously gave him no pleasure , and Gina decided it wiser not to point out that in fact he had n't recalled his generosity until she had prompted his memory ! |
| 2 | Fear of being ousted from Edward 's entourage by the king 's Poitevin half-brothers perhaps gave him a personal interest in the political upheaval of 1258 , which began with the half-brothers ' expulsion from England . |
| 3 | Eleanor simply gave me the excuse I needed . |
| 4 | Her colourful opinions soon gave her a wider platform and she became a familiar face in the gossip columns . |
| 5 | The excellence of this machine eventually gave him a monopoly in refrigerated shipping . |
| 6 | The NCC warden kindly gave me a lift in his Landrover . |
| 7 | It all began because my friend Pat was called by the Lord to work as a nurse in Saudi , and her experiences there gave me an interest in that country and especially in the Women as they seem to have such a hard life . |
| 8 | I shall not follow the hon. Member for Newry and Armagh ( Mr. Mallon ) who spoke about Ireland , because I am not qualified to do so , except to say that Ireland recently gave us the best rugby match in the world cup . |
| 9 | He seemed completely in his element , though all those monks flitting round the place rather gave me the creeps . |
| 10 | She felt all right coming down when Sue and the children were there , or when the kitchen was empty , although the suddenly-abandoned look of the room always gave her a shock . |
| 11 | His troubles also gave him a longing to escape , to try again , with Mistress Rebecca noble and pure at his side , a fresh start , without the muddles he had already made . |
| 12 | Her fellow workers also gave her a retiral dinner at a Renfrew restaurant and a gold chain as a memento . |
| 13 | During this visit to London , the Jewish community there gave him a gift equivalent to the yearly salary of the congregation 's rabbi , perhaps in the hope that he would stay . |
| 14 | Mr Steel merely gave him a black labrador puppy . |
| 15 | When the hon. Gentleman finally gave me a straight commitment across the Dispatch Box to abolish GP fund holding , I told him that he delivered the support of the majority of GPs by doing so . |
| 16 | The king also gave him a tomb at Thebes , which as not yet been found . |
| 17 | The first day also gave us the sight of an England captain losing the toss on his birthday , the first time this has happened in the history of Test cricket . |
| 18 | Yet Town 's first real attack in the 28th minute almost gave them the lead . |
| 19 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , with all my lack of experience , the chairman of the division unhesitatingly gave me the responsibility for leading the mission , and it proved to be a turning point in my career . |
| 21 | People generally gave him a wide berth because of the smell he carried with him . |
| 22 | He smiled widely and held out a hand , but the way he looked Maxim over gave him a little pang of disquiet . |
| 23 | Television also gave her the opportunity to stage a bravura farewell to the nation , not just to fellow MPs , in her last speech as Prime Minister . |
| 24 | Encouraged by this response , Mr Bumble immediately gave her a kiss , but at this interesting moment there was a sudden knock at the door . |
| 25 | Graham 's father actually gave him the money to buy it from Brixton , after we 'd been there to see it . |
| 26 | The thought clearly gave him a lot of satisfaction but Maggie was not subdued . |
| 27 | Scott-Scobie also gave her a look , then past her at George . |
| 28 | The importance of being able to reciprocate gifts in kind is also illustrated by case study data from Pahl 's study on household work strategies on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent , in which one man who was long-term unemployed had been helping an uncle to decorate his house , and how the uncle then gave him a large piece of meat . |
| 29 | The antiquary Baker unfortunately gave her a brief and dismissive notice in his topographical history of the county in 1822 [ Baker , 1 , 647 ] . |
| 30 | After a considerable amount of doubling back , hiding in bushes and around buildings and mingling with crowds , the poor fellow finally gave us the slip and disappeared . |