Example sentences of "[conj] gave the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But if you made a bad decision , or gave the wrong judgement against someone in a dispute , then some of your people might suffer . ’ |
| 2 | They scattered across the dirt plaza that gave the low-lying village its air of consequence ; those whose homes lay uphill began their journey with scuffling games of last-lick which ceased as the road became steep and the heat too strong . |
| 3 | The best that could be done was to influence its shape in a way that gave the greatest help to the home market . |
| 4 | Maybe I secreted some hormone that gave the average Tellenorean a violently unpleasant feeling . |
| 5 | Statements of evidence were prepared and served in accordance with the rules and a psychiatric report from a consultant psychiatrist was available at court and that gave the early history and background about this very disturbed boy . |
| 6 | It was the kings ' collective identity as a family , clearly marked out by their distinctive names , that gave the Carolingian world a political unity underlying successive partitions . |
| 7 | NORWICH captain John Polston notched his first goal of the season at Carrow Road last night to knock Aston Villa off the top of the FA Premier League in a match that gave the Premier championship race yet another twist . |
| 8 | If I had to design an attractive luxury car that gave the optimum compromise between performance , space , noise level and fuel economy , it would quite probably resemble the 605 SVi . |
| 9 | Demonstrating the grace , style and discipline that gave the British team 7th place in the Olympics . |
| 10 | Under British pressure , the French eventually departed in humiliation , but only after presiding over a covenant that gave the Lebanese republic the system of power-sharing which is now disintegrating . |
| 11 | Llewellyn was a quick thinker , and gave the Masonic sign of distress on the faint chance that the trooper was also a member of the order . |
| 12 | He was elected FRS in 1892 and gave the Croonian lecture in 1896 . |
| 13 | He had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console with some lower-level relays here in the ballroom ; he 'd been running some smoke and dry ice earlier , and some of it still hung in the air and gave the lighted area beyond the doorways the effect of some offworld film set . |
| 14 | For safety , I dismantled the link to Kirov and gave the final go-ahead . |
| 15 | Sanchez collected the winnings , pushed half the roll into his shirt and gave the other half back . |
| 16 | One lawyer cited one of the first such cases to be heard in Scotland : ‘ At one point the tribunal took the case by the scruff of the neck and told the claimants to put in their claim within 14 days and gave the other side the same amount of time for their defences . |
| 17 | This lasted on and off , for a hundred years and gave the Korean church over 10,000 martyrs . |
| 18 | Pacem in Terris summed up Pope John 's magisterium , and gave the age-old term a new meaning . |
| 19 | In his covering letter he mentioned yet another title and gave the Wagnerian aspect an unexpected prominence : " I have written a pamphlet … which is to have the title " Music and Tragedy " , and I am sending you the beginning of it in manuscript . |
| 20 | The plaintiff guard saw the defendant on the outside of the train and gave the incorrect signal to the driver . |
| 21 | Hopes of getting an inquiry appear to have been dashed in 1979 when Britain offered its £100 million and gave the Sri-Lankan government the confidence to sweep aside any objections . |
| 22 | Matilda started to go with them , but as she passed Miss Honey she paused and her twinkling eyes met the teacher 's eyes and Miss Honey ran forward and gave the tiny child a great big hug and a kiss . |
| 23 | He raised the tip of the rod , and gave the slightest flick of his wrist , swinging the line in a smooth curve out over the water . |
| 24 | " Now , my good friend — fly ! " shouted Bower-bird , and gave the heavy body a hard push . |
| 25 | He paused , scanned her face , the huge green eyes and fragile bone-structure devoid of any make-up , and gave the baggy shirt and cotton trousers another look . |
| 26 | ‘ So you pushed her out of the car and gave the whole game away ? ’ |
| 27 | looked around and said well he said looked at me said er well cos he was just about to g throw a wobbly and say , well surely the sales department should be dealing with this , should be should be giving him the information and he he just turned round and gave the aforementioned quote and I just sort of went yes it is . |
| 28 | He bent his head down and gave the little hedgehog a big wet lick right on the nose . |
| 29 | Edouard took him on a tour of the stables ; he showed him the tack-room ; he introduced him to the horses , and gave the little boy lumps of sugar to give them . |
| 30 | Different people at different times and in different places , over a period of five years , displayed the same interest in the past , and ( within acceptable degrees of variation ) gave the same account of incidents and conditions , and gave the same weight to it in their explanations of their actions . |