Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] gave [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Van Smirren , the County Commissioner for Lincolnshire South , also came and Brown Owl gave her a phonetic alphabet worksheet . |
| 2 | Fucking what , I , I 'm , I think it was he 's mum or not , some old biddy gave me a right old . |
| 3 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 4 | The rare ability shown in the digging and publication ( 1928 ) of this site gave her a promising place in Palaeolithic studies , reinforced by her first book , The Upper Palaeolithic Age in Britain ( 1926 ) . |
| 5 | WELL , WHEN I OFFERED SIR WILFRED MY RESIGNATION , THE OLD BUGGER GAVE ME A SECOND-HAND YACHT HE 'D PICKED UP AT AN AUCTION … |
| 6 | What is clear is that the military origins of nuclear power in this country gave it a powerful boost as an infant technology , and that the umbilical cord has not been severed . |
| 7 | The following day , a Spanish lady gave us a guided tour of Cartiera , a partly excavated Roman town only three miles from Gibraltar . |
| 8 | I 'll admit that hearing about that sermon gave me a cowardly frisson of fear . |
| 9 | Only Father Kolbe remained alive until a bored guard gave him a fatal injection of carbolic acid . |
| 10 | His role as chief mourner gave him a certain glamour . |
| 11 | Yet the size of the rural community gave it a potent voice in political affairs . |
| 12 | She was n't sure if she groaned out loud , but the middle-aged lady in the opposite seat gave her a worried glance before ducking quickly back into her magazine . |
| 13 | He wore riding-gear and a bowler , a stick tucked underneath his arm , and his air of unhurried authority gave him a matchless glamour . |
| 14 | When Mr Kinnock succeeded Michael Foot in 1983 , the early support of the ASTMS white-collar union gave him a crucial head-start . |
| 15 | Her bruised face gave her a new look of vulnerability . |
| 16 | That new and unfair pain gave her a new savage thirst for proper revenge . |
| 17 | Two lapwings , a couple of villagers and a curious dog gave us a fine send off . |
| 18 | Archie usually performed as a combative left-half for the Palace , but he was also occasionally drafted into the front line , to play as a makeshift centre-forward to most useful effect , because his considerable height gave him a distinct advantage in that department and he scored on his first two outings for us in the number nine shirt . |
| 19 | For years I tried to paint around grasses and tried masking fluid ; however neither approach gave me a satisfactory result . |
| 20 | Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary gave him a one-in-ten chance of living . |
| 21 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 22 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 23 | The big man gave me an approving nod , then gestured at the suitcases . |
| 24 | The strength of the individual features set in a long thin face gave him a striking and attractive appearance . |
| 25 | From 1743 until his death , Davies was the undisputed leader of the Pembrokeshire Methodists : his power as a preacher ( a power not discernible in his only printed sermon , Llais y Priodfab , 1768 ) , his standing as an ordained clergyman , and his financial independence gave him a rare combination of spiritual and social advantages . |
| 26 | His keen instinct gave him a deep understanding of his environment and his innate intelligence led him to devise ways of altering it to his advantage . |
| 27 | The young Floridian gave him a worried smile . |
| 28 | Leaping off the bed I hurtled up to the rod which by now was screaming off and picking it up I felt the line pluck nicely through my fingers ; knowing that it must be a cat on the other end gave me a real thrill . |
| 29 | Offwood 's religious activism gave him a widespread reputation as a leading layman in Amsterdam 's English religious community , and he was widely suspected of playing a key role in the production of many other Nonconformist religious tracts . |
| 30 | ‘ The sharp blade gave me a close shave in one go , but I also cut myself twice . |