Example sentences of "gave [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 2 | It gave off a fragrant smell which stirred my memory though I could not place it . |
| 3 | After a while a flickering light appeared in the distance and drew steadily nearer ; a torch-bearer came into view , a girl , wearing a long white gown which left her arms bare ; she carried aloft a burning torch which gave off a great deal of tarry smoke . |
| 4 | The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma . |
| 5 | The bed itself had an old , lumpy mattress which gave off a faint odour of damp or rotting fabric — or perhaps it was the lingering smell of sheep . |
| 6 | A few emergency circuits gave off a faint glow . |
| 7 | And in the dark , when we lay beneath a single sheet and I gave off a Calabrian sweat , when the middle stretch of the night was shorter but still hard to get through — then , as I turned towards that loose S beside me , she would , with a soft murmur , try to lift the lost hair from the back of her neck . |
| 8 | The wool gave off a friendly smell of the dogs who had been lying on it . |
| 9 | This model gave off a steady hum that allowed it to be used indoors without disturbance to neighbours . |
| 10 | Beneath my bed my home-brew gave off a yeasty smell . |
| 11 | He climbed the ladder , holding up a cord taken from the throat of Hell which gave off a red light as it smouldered . |
| 12 | He was utterly amiable and without vice and he gave off a constant aura not merely of noxious vapours but of bonhomie . |
| 13 | Debbie 's lawyer , John Christiansen , said she can claim half their assets , because she gave up a promising tennis career for Fred 's sake . |
| 14 | Maurice Fermoy became the Conservative Member of Parliament for King 's Lynn while his Scottish wife , who gave up a promising career as a concert pianist to marry , founded the King 's Lynn Festival for Arts and Music which , since its inception in 1951 , has attracted world renowned musicians such as Sir John Barbirolli and Yehudi Menuhin . |
| 15 | I gave up a promising career in advertising in England and came back to Barbados with him . |
| 16 | She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child . |
| 17 | And Souness is hoping for a repeat of last season 's UEFA Cup triumph , when French club Auxerre were frightened by a hostile reception and gave up a two-goal lead . |
| 18 | She recently gave up a secretarial job to start her own jewellery-making business . |
| 19 | Incidentally it did not escape our notice that Colin , his wife and John Stowell all gave up a significant part of a day for our benefit . |
| 20 | By 1952 almost all English education authorities had adopted an intelligence test in their selection process ; psychologists debated the effects of social agencies coaching and practice — on IQ scores ; but Hertfordshire gave up the eleven-plus exam altogether , after having had one for at least fifteen years . |
| 21 | In desperation the British gave up the Palestinian mandate in May 1948 , while trying to rescue what they could of their relationship with the Arabs . |
| 22 | I made myself eat liver — they hate liver — and I gave up the odd episode of ‘ Coronation Street ’ to read them Rudyard Kipling — with actions and funny voices . |
| 23 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 24 | Fran struggled briefly , but soon gave up the uneven match , letting herself rest against his chest while he stroked her hair with a surprisingly gentle hand . |
| 25 | It finished ( as a bowler ) the former Derbyshire player , Fred Swarbrook , who gave up the unequal struggle when , peering frantically around to see where a delivery had gone , he found out only when the ball dropped out of the stratosphere and hit him on top of the head . |
| 26 | Eventually Ryan appeased Neath by choosing more of their players but it made no difference : whatever kind of front five was chosen , static or mobile , Wales were beaten , and then when rugby league lucre had begun to attract an increasing number of his better players Ryan gave up the unequal struggle after the devastating defeat at Twickenham in 1990 . |
| 27 | Without delay , the fire-fighters gave up the unequal struggle to contain the leaping flames . |
| 28 | In fact in our tenement " penthouse " I once unearthed several roller-skates which I cannibalised until finally there was only one , at which point I gave up the unequal struggle on a solo skate . |
| 29 | We gave up the written report quite frankly because we found it a waste of time . |
| 30 | Bonar Law promptly gave up the whole idea , with obvious relief , as he told Balfour : |