Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 2 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 3 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |
| 4 | City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead . |
| 5 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 6 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 7 | gave you the last laugh . |
| 8 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |
| 9 | I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi . |
| 10 | She passed several men , but none gave her a second glance . |
| 11 | On the morning of the funeral , he gave her a last farewell kiss as she lay in her coffin . |
| 12 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 13 | I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance . |
| 14 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
| 15 | At his christening his mother gave him a second forename , ‘ Arthur ’ , which he did not like and never used . |
| 16 | Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought . |
| 17 | As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance . |
| 18 | Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance . |
| 19 | At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown . |
| 20 | Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career . |
| 21 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
| 22 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
| 23 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
| 24 | Death — she had so longed for it that she hardly gave it a second thought . |
| 25 | Naturally , nobody gave us a second look and I had the traffic lights co-ordinated by computer so that we stopped near you just as Sergeant Plod , with perfect timing , gave you an excuse to mace him . |
| 26 | Actually , nobody gave us a second look as they must have presumed I was trying to get inside her knickers . |
| 27 | ‘ It gave us a second pop at Morley Street , and he was stopping , ’ said Elsworth . |
| 28 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |