Example sentences of "[pers pn] gave [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Aisha returned from work , coming through the door weighed down with plastic carrier bags , her coat smelling of perfume mixed with cigarette smoke , I gave a shiver of anger : I wanted to carry shopping bags like that and wear a coat like hers ! |
| 2 | ‘ A few years ago I gave a lecture at Preston Polytechnic and afterwards nine black girls , some of them with toddlers , stayed behind and we began to talk . |
| 3 | I gave a phoney number and said my name was Claudia . |
| 4 | I gave a good class : there is nothing like teaching well for making one forget oneself and one 's petty troubles . |
| 5 | I gave a shout : but as I looked , |
| 6 | So I read it and I gave a similar look back and I think I probably said something like that did n't happen or something along those lines , that 's hard to believe that had happened and passed it back to him and then that was it , we did not discuss it at the time … |
| 7 | I gave a young army captain a lift into Budapest from Györ . |
| 8 | ‘ Even I gave a half cheer when I heard that , ’ declares Pamela . |
| 9 | I remember clearly one of the first times I gave a word of knowledge . |
| 10 | I gained a lot out of 1991 , but I gave a lot to it . |
| 11 | ‘ Bas and I gave a little drinks party for all the local planning committee . |
| 12 | ‘ They wasted no time in getting me up to the theatre , and after making the General promise not to take my arm off I gave a running commentary as the ether took effect . |
| 13 | ON OCTOBER 2 I gave a talk on the British monarchy at an astrological conference in Oslo . |
| 14 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
| 15 | We were there on 3rd May 1945 when Rangoon was liberated , and that evening I gave a short broadcast over All-India Radio , telling our friends in India and Burma that we should shortly be back in the liberated city to help with the tremendous task of reconstruction . |
| 16 | So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause . |
| 17 | You would n't leave here even if I gave a direct order . ’ |
| 18 | Retracing our steps , we passed the reed screen once more and I gave a cursory glance through the hole . |
| 19 | I was so surprised that I gave a great shout . |
| 20 | I gave a fake name , they let me out on bail . |
| 21 | I gave a cry , and when he saw me , he stepped back in sudden surprise . |
| 22 | If I gave a cup of wine to every vagabond who came whining to my door , how do you imagine I would make a living ? " exclaimed the eldest brother . |
| 23 | In Committee I gave a list of the bus stations in town and city centres in England that had been sold off similarly to , although rather less spectacularly than , the station in Southampton . |
| 24 | I do n't that I had n't forgotten that I gave a |
| 25 | In a memorable letter to Rohde , written at the same time , he envisaged his eventual goal : " I gave a lecture here on " Socrates and Tragedy " which excited terror and incomprehension . |
| 26 | Well I wo n't give an opinion whether I agree with the scheme or not , because I would like to see some of the drawings first before I gave a , you know , of an opinion of it , like you know everybody else around this table . |
| 27 | After the conference I gave a seminar on the inflationary model and its problems at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute . |
| 28 | I gave a little myself . |
| 29 | Suddenly I was full of hope again , and I gave a great shout of happiness . |
| 30 | I gave a scream of horror . |