Example sentences of "gave [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Times , more restrained , came to the same conclusions : ‘ To most sensible , rational people , a verdict which depends on the evidence of a man like Mathews , in the circumstances in which he gave that evidence , can not be safe . ’ |
| 32 | I gave that idea short shrift . |
| 33 | They gave that guarantee . |
| 34 | Shit , but I gave that bastard a headache ! ’ |
| 35 | Ian McConnell , building services manager of the retail centre in Parkhead , gave that reassurance after a report in the current issue of the trade magazine New Builder which details a number of incidents of overhead glass exploding in UK buildings during recent months . |
| 36 | They last gave that assurance at the Secretary of State level on the tenth of December ninety two and that was a clear assurance given at that time , that each government has a firm intention to proceed with the next phase of the programme . |
| 37 | Colin gave that smile of familiarity , that smile of superiority , that certain smile that says it all . |
| 38 | So if you gave that person ten shares , gave ninety shares to somebody else it 's a hundred percent in total , but if that person then dies cos you do n't want any of his relatives to have it then there 's only the ninety shares remaining and ninety shares will be one hundred percent . |
| 39 | ‘ If I gave that impression then I can only apologize once again , ’ he said . |
| 40 | I was n't aware that I gave that impression . |
| 41 | You gave that impression ; that 's why I came up here with you — ’ |
| 42 | The memorandum gave that impression , but it was written in the light of developments occasioned by the European revolutions of 1848 . |
| 43 | It was Simon who gave that impression behind my back . |
| 44 | Certain chiefs and other prominent members of small language groups felt they were disadvantaged : the ZBS 's recognition of a language and its use on the radio gave that language and tribe a status superior to certain other languages and tribes . |
| 45 | She gave that piece of gallantry the scorn it deserved . |
| 46 | The first two parts of Alan Sharp 's extraordinary trilogy , A Green Tree in Gedde and The Wind Shifts , gave that opposition its densest and most historically self-conscious elaboration . |
| 47 | Oh no it 's alright Did I tell you I gave that letter to Mark ? |
| 48 | they 'd taken control from the parent , and the parents quite readily gave that control to the state , they no longer had parental control |
| 49 | ‘ Look , ’ he sighed , ‘ I gave that sort of thing up a while back . |
| 50 | It is interesting that the Bank of Ireland spokesman who gave that figure should have been specific , as members will be aware that many figures have been rumoured over the past couple of months . |
| 51 | By the end of the nineteenth century it was fairly obvious that the dialogue was not materializing , as the social and political events of the 1880s had made clear , and the employers ' counter-attack on trade unions in the 1890s gave little hope for any kind of reconciliation . |
| 52 | The tightness of the competition programme gave little scope to all , except the most imaginative of architects , for great variations in the layout of the two offices , and even the block plans tended towards similar solutions . |
| 53 | Moreover , as used in teaching machines or books , the method gave little scope for the use of senses other than sight , or of other media , or of the fruitful interaction between students and with teachers , which is the main justification of classroom teaching . |
| 54 | Large as they were , the merged firms would still be small in relation to European or world markets , and would face relatively elastic demand curves which gave little scope for raising price above marginal cost . |
| 55 | The classical approach , through post-mortem examinations , also gave little benefit . |
| 56 | The sooty eyes , the olive skin , the coarse black mop of the moustache gave little clue as to his origins . |
| 57 | Her father was kindness itself , but he was the sort of man who gave little credit to anyone who had fallen from grace . |
| 58 | It would seem fair to conclude that while for the bulk of the population Hitler 's image was no doubt related in an abstract fashion to finding a ‘ solution to the Jewish Question ’ , this was an issue which people either gave little thought to or deliberately turned their minds from , and that , correspondingly , Hitler 's public attacks on the Jews were something absorbed with little deliberation , forming no central part in explaining either the high peaks of his popularity or the collapse of the ‘ Führer myth ’ in the last years of the war . |
| 59 | He gave little thought to it then , reasoning that she was not in such grave earnest that she would actually attempt to turn her indignant dream into action . |
| 60 | Take advantage of the new law : Until recently , crossed cheques issued by banks gave little protection . |