Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [Wh pn] give " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lawrence Pearson was an outstanding man by any standards who gave prodigious service to the building industry , resulting in him being invested with the Order of the British Empire in 1976 . |
| 32 | Assisting him in the difficult early days were ‘ ski buddies ’ , able-bodied skiers who gave one-to-one tuition . |
| 33 | The Hon. Gentleman should perhaps speak to some of his own colleagues who gave me that advice . |
| 34 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 35 | ‘ At the same time , the saddest call I ever had was from a boy who said he had marvellous parents who gave him everything . |
| 36 | The 3.1 million electors who gave those votes were entitled to expect representation , and they got it , in the form of 42 MdBs . |
| 37 | The men of 602 were part of that group of young men who gave the greatest gift of all in 1941 , when the Battle of Britain stopped the Nazi war-machine over the fields of southern England , the Scots accounting for 130 of the 175 enemy aircraft downed . |
| 38 | ‘ What 's happened to old McWhirter ? ’ said Penny , deciding not to mention the comparison in the company of two young men who gave her some gratifying doggy devotion . |
| 39 | Thunderous applause and screams of delight echoed throughout the venue , when Bronagh Brolly , who had delivered an emotional ‘ I Honestly Love you ’ , won her place , and the last act into the final was Now & Then — two guys who gave a faultless performance of ‘ More Than Words ’ . |
| 40 | More successful education about birth control measures and more approachable advisory services may be part of the answer , but many unwanted pregnancies seem to occur among experienced contraceptors who give up without specifically wishing to become pregnant ( Wells , 1983 ) . |
| 41 | Like the four young women who gave evidence at his trial , and like Miss E , they had been charmed by him . |
| 42 | Local officials who gave the figure appealed yesterday for tents and medicines for the survivors of the country 's worst earthquake in years . |