Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] gave [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign . |
| 2 | No one denied that ICI gave them first-class products . |
| 3 | Neither the General nor Bill gave me any hint of lolly . ’ |
| 4 | However , he seems to have overlooked the fact that Ferrari gave him two race wins last year and that the Scuderia 's tally of six victories this year is four more than Williams was able to score . |
| 5 | The only thing you can say is that DB gave us good service and for this we should be grateful . |
| 6 | It found support in the professional and middle classes , and Treitschke gave it intellectual respectability . |
| 7 | By-employments such as basket-making , hemp-dressing and wild-fowling gave them additional security . |
| 8 | I 'd spent most of it with the other two , one bad and the other indifferent , now I 'd come across a good one and fate gave us four years together , that 's all . |
| 9 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 10 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 11 | We needed to test our resources and Jets gave us that chance . ’ |
| 12 | It was felt that married women like Butler should lead the movement , because her status as wife and mother gave her more authority to speak about the delicate issue of sexuality . |
| 13 | Underwood launched his career as a Lion perfectly when Carling , Andrew , Scott Gibbs who had a blinder and Hastings gave him some room . |
| 14 | De Lorenzo 's move follows a decision by his Liberal party to retract earlier threats to pull out of government unless Amato gave him public support . |
| 15 | When Norman gave him some canvases as a birthday present , Minton was astonished for he was unused to having his generosity returned . |