Example sentences of "the [noun] gave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 2 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 3 | ‘ The university gave me some nice dinners and said ‘ do n't worry about coming back to work . |
| 4 | The west gave them Big Macs and Paul McCartney . |
| 5 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 6 | Land was the basis of Lowther 's county and parliamentary position ; the law gave him added influence and opportunity . |
| 7 | Results indicated that the ‘ houseplant group ’ lived significantly longer than a matched control group , perhaps simply because the plants gave them some extra purpose in life . |
| 8 | They went into the hut and the Bārakotes gave them each a bowl of buffalo milk . |
| 9 | The knowledge gave him renewed confidence , and now the strange bizarre names came to him more easily . |
| 10 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 11 | The girl behind the counter gave him eight £1 coins . |
| 12 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 13 | ‘ The Witch gave us one promise . |
| 14 | Our morning walk along the cliffs gave us terrific views of the secluded white sand bays dotted along the coastline followed by a few hours on Pompièrre beach where the locals meet to picnic . |
| 15 | The centre gave me all the information I needed to get help . |
| 16 | She remembered what he had said about steering clear of married women , and she decided that they probably were n't , not that the thought gave her any pleasure . |
| 17 | The thought gave her another fillip of excitement — her first job for Focus Now , the new picture magazine Nick was editing — and it was a corker , she knew it in her bones . |
| 18 | The process of theory taught me how to research , and the substance gave me critical tools . |
| 19 | The doctors gave him two years to live . |
| 20 | Since the unforgivable primal sin was to be boring , the Victorians gave us intricate wrought-iron work , sculpted columns , mullioned windows , stained glass , mosaic floors , tiled maps , delicate portes cochères , exquisite stone tracery , clock-towers , crenellations , campaniles , wood-panelled booking halls , friezes , glass canopies , triumphal arches , balustrades , gables , chimneys , turrets , spires , drinking-fountains , ornate platform seats , coats of arms , baronial fireplaces , even majestic gentlemen 's conveniences in monumental marble or bold ironwork , a constant and unending source of delight in a craftsmanship at its most complex , painstaking , and delicate . |
| 21 | ‘ The hospital gave her this wig . |
| 22 | Some of the men gave him curious looks because of the blood that had sheeted his right side . |
| 23 | The education chairman , Tom Farrell , said the cuts gave him great pain , but services would be affected worse if the Scottish Office stepped in to reduce spending . |
| 24 | The Doctor gave her one of his innocent , enigmatic , infuriating smiles . |
| 25 | " The doctor gave me some tranquillisers but they have n't helped either . |
| 26 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 27 | If you can prove this question of causation and show that the doctor gave you incorrect advice then your claim ought to succeed , in which case the damages will be substantial . |
| 28 | If you can prove this question of causation and show that the doctor gave you incorrect advice then your claim ought to succeed , in which case the damages will be substantial . |
| 29 | The matter gave him enormous regret , no doubt an unhappy situation whose solution lay in the lap of the all-merciful Allah ; nothing would give him greater pleasure than to return to Mr Laing his passport , which he had taken into nightly safekeeping only at the specific request of Mr Pyle . |
| 30 | The forest was dark and low upon me , and only the gunfire gave me any sense of direction . |