Example sentences of "[noun pl] gave [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The red-and-white skull-cap above the monkey eyes gave him the air of a performing chimpanzee . |
| 2 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 3 | He wore no tie , but the effect of his neat sleeked-back hair and thick-framed spectacles gave him the look of a rather stern and learned professor . |
| 4 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 5 | ‘ All three judges gave me the decision and having watched the video , I reckon I lost only two rounds — the fourth and the tenth . ’ |
| 6 | To her relief , she was back to full fitness in time for the British Stroke-Play at Southerness where a 78 and 77 carved out of near gale-force winds gave her the half-way lead . |
| 7 | Story-tellers gave him the title The Blessed , in reference to his many artistic talents , for Bran was a gifted harpist and poet . |
| 8 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 9 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 10 | And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen . |
| 11 | The panic attacks gave her the perfect excuse , as no blame could possibly be attributed to her . |
| 12 | Unbeknown to all , though , Harry 's bird arrived in Lisbon in 1975 , where it 's Swiss owners gave it the wrong name a nom-de-plume if you like . |
| 13 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 14 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 15 | When the forwards gave them the ball in the opening four tour wins they proved that with 13 tries . |
| 16 | of general practitioners gave it the thumbs down . |
| 17 | She said : ‘ I suppose selling newspapers gave me the smell for print . |
| 18 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 19 | Lesley Robertson , 18 , from Aberdeen , took the overall women 's championship , while Graham Bell 's consistent results in all four disciplines gave him the Victor Ludorum title . |
| 20 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 21 | Her three pet moggies gave her the idea for her prizewinning story . |
| 22 | The letters gave him the chance of ‘ discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar and imitated in fairly cold blood . ’ |
| 23 | The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win . |
| 24 | Moyes gave them the lead … and seven minutes later Ellis made it two … |
| 25 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 26 | At the same time Diana 's healthy lifestyle of regular exercise , little alcohol and early nights gave her the energy to carry on with her royal duties . |
| 27 | The only difference is that all that acting , all that recording , all that boring , frightening flying to gigs gave her the cash to fulfil that dream . |
| 28 | Top analysts gave it the thumbs up and prices took off . |