Example sentences of "and gave the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Llewellyn was a quick thinker , and gave the Masonic sign of distress on the faint chance that the trooper was also a member of the order . |
| 2 | He was elected FRS in 1892 and gave the Croonian lecture in 1896 . |
| 3 | He had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console with some lower-level relays here in the ballroom ; he 'd been running some smoke and dry ice earlier , and some of it still hung in the air and gave the lighted area beyond the doorways the effect of some offworld film set . |
| 4 | For safety , I dismantled the link to Kirov and gave the final go-ahead . |
| 5 | Sanchez collected the winnings , pushed half the roll into his shirt and gave the other half back . |
| 6 | One lawyer cited one of the first such cases to be heard in Scotland : ‘ At one point the tribunal took the case by the scruff of the neck and told the claimants to put in their claim within 14 days and gave the other side the same amount of time for their defences . |
| 7 | This lasted on and off , for a hundred years and gave the Korean church over 10,000 martyrs . |
| 8 | Pacem in Terris summed up Pope John 's magisterium , and gave the age-old term a new meaning . |
| 9 | In his covering letter he mentioned yet another title and gave the Wagnerian aspect an unexpected prominence : " I have written a pamphlet … which is to have the title " Music and Tragedy " , and I am sending you the beginning of it in manuscript . |
| 10 | The plaintiff guard saw the defendant on the outside of the train and gave the incorrect signal to the driver . |
| 11 | Hopes of getting an inquiry appear to have been dashed in 1979 when Britain offered its £100 million and gave the Sri-Lankan government the confidence to sweep aside any objections . |
| 12 | Matilda started to go with them , but as she passed Miss Honey she paused and her twinkling eyes met the teacher 's eyes and Miss Honey ran forward and gave the tiny child a great big hug and a kiss . |
| 13 | " Now , my good friend — fly ! " shouted Bower-bird , and gave the heavy body a hard push . |
| 14 | He paused , scanned her face , the huge green eyes and fragile bone-structure devoid of any make-up , and gave the baggy shirt and cotton trousers another look . |
| 15 | ‘ So you pushed her out of the car and gave the whole game away ? ’ |
| 16 | looked around and said well he said looked at me said er well cos he was just about to g throw a wobbly and say , well surely the sales department should be dealing with this , should be should be giving him the information and he he just turned round and gave the aforementioned quote and I just sort of went yes it is . |
| 17 | He bent his head down and gave the little hedgehog a big wet lick right on the nose . |
| 18 | Edouard took him on a tour of the stables ; he showed him the tack-room ; he introduced him to the horses , and gave the little boy lumps of sugar to give them . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the French performed a volte-face worthy of their government 's foreign policy habits , and gave the cardiac arrest generation nouvelle cuisine , or cuisine minceur and then cuisine naturelle , as it quickly became when the first fanatical asceticism mellowed . |
| 20 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |