Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gardening and agricultural production , unlike trading , were safe from government intervention , and his mixture of activities gave him some security should his job or his shop come under threat . |
| 2 | Thinking of badness gave her one of her ideas . |
| 3 | Nails liked her company better than that of his father ; his new way of life gave him considerable satisfaction . |
| 4 | I was delighted that the people of Britain gave him such a marvellous reception . |
| 5 | Then , like a host who becomes most animated when his guests are leaving , this leader of the campaign against garrulousness gave me succinct directions to Old Aberdeen . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Kay Evans who has been seeing Molly regularly in hospital gave us up-to-date new of her . |
| 8 | A friend seeing him off from New York on Sunday gave him this to relieve the tension he might face here . |
| 9 | Though teaching was so wretchedly paid , he was beginning to think that it was the only possible profession for him — passing on information to others gave him such profound pleasure . |
| 10 | ‘ What on earth gave you that idea ? ’ |
| 11 | What on earth gave you that idea ? |