Example sentences of "[noun] and gave [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 2 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 3 | When a boy arrived at Eton he was allocated to a " classical tutor " who oversaw his work and gave him special tuition . |
| 4 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
| 5 | He did n't go to Mass , but it was said that the priests came down to him once a month and heard his confession and gave him Holy Communion . |
| 6 | Pieces of pine from apple cases became cricket bats , tennis rackets or hockey sticks and gave them endless hours of pleasure . |
| 7 | He thanked the singer and gave him another sop , which he could ill afford . |
| 8 | The injury temporarily blinded one eye and gave him double vision in the other , but is now no more than a bruise , said his wife . |
| 9 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 10 | The press picked up the story the following day and gave it wide coverage . |
| 11 | The first gave him a degree of control over appointment to benefices in the Church ; the second referred certain cases to his court and gave him certain prerogative powers . |
| 12 | Certain shareholders sold their shares to a take-over bidder , received the purchase price and gave him irrevocable proxies to vote on their behalf , but , in the light of the articles , transfers were not to be lodged for registration . |
| 13 | It was considered a treat to perform in Nehushtah 's chambers , despite her peculiar foreign ways , because she always showered the Ixmaritians with gifts and gave them delicious food and wine for refreshment . |
| 14 | The Authority rightly identified teachers ' classroom practice as a critical factor in children 's learning and gave it considerable prominence in documents , courses and the day-to-day work of its advisory staff in schools . |
| 15 | There was little delegation of authority , but Di Tella 's personal participation enhanced his authority and gave him considerable control . |
| 16 | In those days many Europeans , especially in Kenya , relied on Somalis as their headmen ; in turn , these Somalis identified themselves with their masters and gave them devoted service . |
| 17 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 18 | It got more painful — so I went to a different doctor , who said it was an infected sebaceous cyst and gave me stronger antibiotics . |
| 19 | Sergeant licked Master 's face and hands and gave him playful nips on the arms . |
| 20 | Mr Fractor shouted at him each lesson and gave him two lengths of the corridor nearly every week . |
| 21 | It was similarly used in long-ago England to describe night-riding demons , usually female , who preyed upon men and gave them bad dreams . |
| 22 | But then they came in , rolled up the carpet , cleaned the floor , put plastic mats down , told us to have a shower and gave us clean clothes and clean sheets . |
| 23 | Even in Britain in the last years of the nineteenth century a high foreign office official had fairly frequent interviews , on the instructions of Lord Salisbury , the prime minister and foreign secretary , with Reuter 's agent in London and gave him selected information considered helpful to British policy . |
| 24 | I then took all the cabinets and gave them deep-dish handles , plus I used the old logo from the early '50s and expanded it length-wise on a computer , to see how it looked . |
| 25 | The British Medical Association was founded in 1832 and the Medical Registration Act of 1858 granted doctors a monopoly on the practice of medicine and gave them important powers of self-government . |
| 26 | He gathered his own men into a little bunch and gave them careful instructions . |
| 27 | When they returned to the centre Rachel and Nina applied light dressings to the scalds , then took the two ladies into the rest-room and gave them sweet tea to help them recover from shock . |
| 28 | Also on 13 March Fawcett received the ‘ preliminary note ’ at his editor 's office and gave it top priority . |