Example sentences of "[noun] gave [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feedback gave me a review of those questions . |
| 2 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 3 | His big break came when a Rolling Stone critic gave him a rave write-up and major record companies fell over themselves in an attempt to be the first to sign this new blues sensation . |
| 4 | And Irina , although her speech remained ironic , scolding , teasing , her eyes gave him a welcome which stirred his heart . |
| 5 | The red-and-white skull-cap above the monkey eyes gave him the air of a performing chimpanzee . |
| 6 | But even his eyes gave her no answer . |
| 7 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 8 | Controlling his own forces required more subtle tactics , for they could not be dismissed as " anti-Spain " and their part in his victory and elevation gave them a claim on his gratitude and on how post-war Spain would be shaped . |
| 9 | Maybe Angy gave her the sketch of herself as a present ? ’ |
| 10 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 11 | I think that erm the actual position er assured was that industry gave us a quotation in erm April nineteen ninety two which actually was somewhat higher than we 'd anticipated , but I 'm not sure that industry reyu viewed it as an increase because it was probably the first time they had formally quoted a price . |
| 12 | She says about herself and Medau : ‘ I think it was 1940 when Medau came my way — Molly , her mother and Edith came to a League of Health and Beauty group , and Molly gave us a Medau class . |
| 13 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |
| 14 | Afterwards , the people of Haworth gave him a gold watch . |
| 15 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |
| 16 | The guards gave us a cigarette each and then left . |
| 17 | ‘ I found the last 20 minutes extremely hard but the lads gave me every encouragement and I am delighted , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Lucy gave it a moment , tugged the gown free from underneath , and then moved in silence to the doorway . |
| 19 | The action gave her the moments she needed to adjust , to assess her own feelings . |
| 20 | The stranger gave her a look . |
| 21 | They grumble that the company 's membership of the British Franchise Association gave it a ring of confidence in which investors put their faith . |
| 22 | Clare 's polite words gave her a moment of hope , which died , however , when she saw his face . |
| 23 | On a larger scale one might observe that his lifelong preoccupation with words gave him a kind of sensitivity to them , even if it was an unorthodox one ; and further that it is strange that a myth should so make its way if enshrined and embodied in words as inappropriate as critics have made out . |
| 24 | The parentheses gave her a sense of not existing , un-being perhaps was not too strong a word . |
| 25 | But as he drew level with Grace Richard gave her a smile which melted her heart , and waved to her in a way entirely peculiar to himself , half way between a naval salute and a discreet gesture with the rolled umbrella . |
| 26 | I think Richard gave me a copy of all . |
| 27 | The soft lines of the sweatshirt that moulded the broad shoulders gave him an air of easy , masculine power , and the blue almost exactly matched the blue of his eyes . |
| 28 | Eventually the Corporal gave me a cigarette , and in due course we pulled over at a roadside cafe to have a cup of coffee and to stretch our legs . |
| 29 | Oh , and the priest gave me a pot of wild boar pâté . |
| 30 | Then a businessman asked whether he should buy this and that stock his broker had recommended on the sly , and — after a moment of concentration — Kruger gave him the word to hold off , presumably making a mental note to sweep the market himself . |