Example sentences of "[pron] was [art] [noun] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 2 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 3 | The launch conference was successful in many ways , one of which was the opportunity it gave for students and staff to display the already high quality of work across many areas of the curriculum . |
| 4 | And who was the bruiser who gave Kirk the big headache ? |
| 5 | ‘ Who was the man who gave it to you ? |
| 6 | There was the time we gave out some information about a stolen motor coach . |
| 7 | What was disturbing about him was the impression he gave one of the potential of undercover intimidation , difficult to pin down and therefore impossible to counter . |
| 8 | It was the night-times which gave her problems . |
| 9 | Indeed , industry observers say it was the swingers who gave birth to the home porn video in the early-Eighties . |
| 10 | Indeed , it was the Moors who gave him the title by which he is best known , a contraction of the Arabic sid-y , meaning ‘ my lord ’ . |
| 11 | It was the capitalist who gave us the steam engine . |
| 12 | Here , one felt that it was the orchestra which gave the work its verve . |
| 13 | ‘ It was the chuckle he gave when I eventually dragged myself away . |
| 14 | In the end it was the woman who gave ground and the boy who stayed . |
| 15 | Rather we have to ask what was the experience which gave rise to the beliefs and which they encapsulate , however inadequately . |
| 16 | The most she 's ever given us was a tenner she gave us one ga ga , for going away . |