Example sentences of "[noun sg] gave them [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claimed that drinking the tea gave them an intense , trip-like experience . |
| 2 | Controlling his own forces required more subtle tactics , for they could not be dismissed as " anti-Spain " and their part in his victory and elevation gave them a claim on his gratitude and on how post-war Spain would be shaped . |
| 3 | So their own minister held a service at the station , and the agent gave them a good dinner cheering them on in Gaelic , at which they wept , and they went on to settle at Moosomin , where they lived happily ever afterwards . |
| 4 | But working-class discontent was fierce and the ability of the industrial proletariat to paralyse large plants and even whole areas by strike action gave them an immediate power of disruption which the peasantry lacked . |
| 5 | However , other chip makers , in producing work-alike processors , decided that more speed gave them a selling point over Intels , and thus 20 and 25MHz 286 chips became common , as did 25 , 33 , and 40MHz 386 units . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Our coach gave them a real buzz . |
| 8 | The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives . |
| 9 | The bachelor gave them an angry look . |
| 10 | Thus encouraged , the Serbs continued their expansion into Croatia , where the EEC 's refusal to recognise Croatian independence gave them the status of a legitimate federal army . |
| 11 | Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens . |
| 12 | Their identification with the Liberal , self-help , individualistic Victorian creed and their coupling of this with the Christian gospel gave them a bond with their congregations . |
| 13 | Gedge saw such bands as an alternative to chart fodder but his own group 's lack of musical finesse gave them a decidedly punky touch . |
| 14 | Cup draw gave them a home tie with Scarborough . |
| 15 | They got on to the field without difficulty in the middle of a bombing raid by the RAF on Benghazi , and sat there while their leader gave them a lecture on deer-stalking in the Highlands . |
| 16 | For a great many women artists , Surrealism gave them an invaluable springboard into their own imaginations , but it did not provide an environment in which they could flourish . |
| 17 | Life down the pit gave them a perspective . ’ |
| 18 | Another couple of feet and Joey Beauchamp would have had a penalty , but the free kick gave them a goal with Mike Ford supplying the header . |
| 19 | ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit . |
| 20 | Odd hairs straggled out of various warts , and the brown freckles of age gave them a strange resemblance to the stones . |
| 21 | As Geoffrey Gorer has remarked , their books for a lay public implied that psychoanalytic theory gave them an insight into matters of general concern of a depth and quality simply not available to the uninitiated , to people without qualifications . |
| 22 | The Green Bay Packers kept alive their play-off bid when Brett Favre 's six-yard pass to Sterling Sharpe late in the game gave them a 16-14 win at the Houston Oilers . |
| 23 | The signalman gave them the right of way simultaneously , the Bletchley train flew away and the Newport one remained at a stand with wheels spinning on the greasy rails , the Bletchley passengers waving goodbye to the fist-shaking Newport workmen . |
| 24 | Rovers ' victory gave them the Barclays Performance of the Week vote from Graham Taylor 's panel . |
| 25 | Their success gave them a power that everyone wanted to share ; their commercial momentum carried the whole pop world along . |
| 26 | The increasing exclusion of the laity from an active role within the Church gave them a feeling of alienation and doubtless accounted for the rise in popularity of sects in which lay persons could play a more positive and meaningful part . |
| 27 | Yes , struggling Coventry City at home to Crystal Palace had a convincing win ; Peak gave them the lead after thirty six minutes , and three minutes into the second half , Kilkline made it two nil . |
| 28 | They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech . |
| 29 | Improving life expectancy gave them every hope of doing so , especially if they belonged to the rising middle-class . |
| 30 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |