Example sentences of "but [pron] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I apoligise for putting a long list of questions to the Minister , but I gave him advance notice and I hope that he will answer most of them . |
| 2 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 3 | No , I , I was gon na do it but I gave you that other half for Marie |
| 4 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but you gave me such a fright . |
| 6 | Gwynn Jones received many other honours but none gave him greater pleasure than the publication of a selection of his poems , Detholiad o Ganiadau , by the Gregynog Press in 1926 , and the de luxe edition , issued in 1932–7 by Hughes & Son , Wrexham , of six volumes of selected poems and essays . |
| 7 | ‘ Marseille lead the group and remain the favourites to go through , but we gave them two goals of a start at Ibrox and still drew with the French on a night when injury prevented us from having Ally McCoist . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We rang your own number but they gave us this one … |
| 9 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |
| 10 | ‘ But he gave me such a hard time when I was unfaithful . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe it was obvious to most people but he gave me recharged confidence in the project . |
| 12 | But he gave us that there . |
| 13 | He could no longer explain to us what was going to happen next , but he gave us complete carte blanche to explore and question as we pleased , and suggested that we begin by taking a look at the burial-cliffs , about a mile away from the Rante , where the king 's body would be interred . |
| 14 | He did not mention the patients charter , but he gave us some other insights into his approach to the problems . |
| 15 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 16 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 17 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 18 | Through that , Red Rhino came up with a matching deal which was not very high in terms of money or anything but it gave them some status , certainly with promotion . |
| 19 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 20 | True that the railway did not invent much of this beauty , but it gave us new vistas of it . |