Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] [art] [det] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked to live in company with another ; Bo-Bo had only negative virtues but , he had to admit , he would be lonely when she died , and the doctors gave her no more than a year . |
| 2 | She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband . |
| 3 | Not only were many of his proposals radically altered by the Duma , but he encountered stiff opposition from the State Council and the Tsar himself gave him no more than lukewarm support . |
| 4 | Vets who cut out 10ft of his gut to cure colic on November 25 gave him a less than even chance of survival . |
| 5 | When the first round of presidential elections in 1965 gave him a less than overwhelming endorsement , he concluded morosely that the French were no longer afraid of anything and were slipping back into " dispersion " and " facilité " . |