Example sentences of "[conj] gave [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 2 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 3 | Also any that gave her the wrong kind of buzz . |
| 4 | It 's a black celebration , a grimy , twisted tribute to an era that gave us The Black Panthers , Jeremy Thorpe and Paper Lace . |
| 5 | I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting . |
| 6 | He hesitated before her a moment , and then he took her hands and bent his head , and gave her the solemn kiss of kinship ; and before she could draw breath and touch her astonished fingers to her lips , he was out of the paddock and away across the clearing into the trees . |
| 7 | He cleared the summerhouse so she would have a studio , and gave her the only key . |
| 8 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 9 | Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel . |
| 10 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |
| 11 | A waiter smiled and ushered me to a corner table marked with a reserved sign that said ‘ Intourist only ’ , and gave me the English-language menu . |
| 12 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 13 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 14 | That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task : to be crucified . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details . |
| 16 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 17 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Oui , ’ she said , and gave him the folded note . |
| 19 | They went wild and made us promise to come back and give a display , so a few weeks later we returned and gave them the whole show . |
| 20 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 21 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |
| 22 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |