Example sentences of "[noun] gave [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie gave me that hat — I do n't want it spoiled . |
| 2 | TBD gave me enough pens to make a significant impact on this year 's office stationery allocation ; they also gave me a useful laundry bag , as did Bertrams . |
| 3 | Now Delia Sutherland gave him proper attention . |
| 4 | Eventually , though , they got their man , and the wait was worth it because the greatest vocal stylist in rock gave us two hours of inspired Gaelic mumbo-jumbo that was tough , joyful , sometimes sad , but ultimately fluid , festive and free , a celebration , a party for 1,800 delighted fans . |
| 5 | ( Jennifer Hornsby gave me this idea . ) |
| 6 | We were taken into a small chapel and some Spanish border guards gave us hot coffee and bread . |
| 7 | Two avoidable goals gave them valid concern . |
| 8 | Another monster gave me some fruit to eat . |
| 9 | By-employments such as basket-making , hemp-dressing and wild-fowling gave them additional security . |
| 10 | It protected their backs , and protruding flanges gave them some cover on both sides . |
| 11 | But on my return to Salamanca Dana gave me strong support , a spiritual courage that entered our love and our poetry . |
| 12 | A report by the National Council of Public Morals on The Cinema ( 1917 ) had also scrutinised the problem , entertaining a wide variety of evidence — on such matters as the educational potential of the cinema , censorship and licensing , the molestation of children in picture palaces , and a clouded discussion of what was somewhat eerily called ‘ the moral dangers of darkness ’ — as well as some monosyllabic evidence from children themselves on whether the moving pictures gave them bad dreams . |
| 13 | The members walked to the ‘ handsome restaurant erected on the very summit of the Head ’ where Mr Burt gave them all lunch . |
| 14 | The mayor Gallery was also there and both Freddy Mayor and Charles Gimpel gave me enormous support . |
| 15 | Alec Home gave him similar advice . |
| 16 | It cleaned up the European Car of the Year award for 1992 against some formidable competition , though only two out of the seven British judges gave it top ranking . |
| 17 | The works of his so-called ‘ pink ’ and ‘ blue ’ periods were being bought by important collectors , and the fact that an established dealer like Vollard was interested in his work gave him additional prestige . |
| 18 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 19 | De Lorenzo 's move follows a decision by his Liberal party to retract earlier threats to pull out of government unless Amato gave him public support . |
| 20 | I 'd spent most of it with the other two , one bad and the other indifferent , now I 'd come across a good one and fate gave us four years together , that 's all . |
| 21 | Do n't worry I 'll get this , Ray gave me some money , I 've got ten pounds so |
| 22 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 23 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 24 | The existing ordinance gave him enough power . |
| 25 | ‘ The Opera London production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream gave me great pleasure , Noye 's Fludde too . ’ |
| 26 | Land was the basis of Lowther 's county and parliamentary position ; the law gave him added influence and opportunity . |
| 27 | It would have been less harrowing to have got the meeting over quickly ; on the other hand the delay while he awaited her return gave him more time to think and plan . |
| 28 | All she did was hold out her hand and say , Look , Ma , Bernie gave me another dime . ’ |
| 29 | We devised a sort of Great Egg Race for the children — Rover gave us some materials which would normally have gone on the scrap heap , lent us a hall and judged the competition . |
| 30 | The end of the cold war gave us real hopes that the Gulf operation could be the seed , round which a new role for the UN would develop . |