Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [pron] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | By James 's landing in mid-March the Protestants had been forced to abandon most of their strongholds and soon after his arrival they gave up Dungannon , 35 miles [ 56 km ] west of Belfast , and Coleraine , a seaport on the north coast , which succumbed to an Irish force under a French commander . |
| 2 | In return for their support he gave them lessons in how to oppose colonialism , in the development of national pride , and he taught them how to direct social discontent into reasoned political activity . |
| 3 | ‘ Think so , ’ I said , checking the pockets of my parka which gave off the odour of Hoy Sin sauce mixed with Mocha-Mysore coffee ( filter-ground ) . |
| 4 | In one of my books I gave more information than was needed to solve a particular problem . |
| 5 | The Commission was supposed to be guided in its deliberations by the Nazimov Rescript , the programme adopted by the Main Committee in December 1858 , and the schemes devised by the provincial gentry committees , but the first and third of these were too conservative for its taste and in the first year of its life it gave them short shrift . |
| 6 | It was the excellence of his teachers which gave him his interest in Physics , English and German . |
| 7 | When he died , the only parts of his body he gave away were his corneas . ’ |
| 8 | Remember 50 years on the many , many thousands of our soldiers who gave all so that the victory would be ours and now lie , forever young , row after row , line after line , cold in their far off desert graves . |
| 9 | When satisfied with his progress he gave the products away to any whom the doctors thought would benefit from them . |
| 10 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 11 | In my book he gave a free kick for Forest . |
| 12 | Certain people , perhaps because they were friendly with one doctor but held a higher opinion of the professional ability of the other , took to carrying cards in their pockets which gave the relevant instructions in case they should find themselves too far gone to claim the doctor they wanted . |
| 13 | There was a slight gush in her manner which gave the impression that she was the stupider of the two . |
| 14 | Inanna was the most beautiful , friendly , and uncooperative horse that one could ever have the misfortune to own ; because from her looks she promised so much , but from her heart she gave so little ! |
| 15 | But the Jews did not receive him , yet to all That 's Jews and Gentiles , who received him to those who believed in his name he gave the right to become the children of God . |
| 16 | And with the thought of spending a whole day in his company she gave a contented little smile and snuggled under the duvet . |
| 17 | From our union we gave of ourselves in what way we could to those who sought or needed our support . |
| 18 | There are two very strong pieces of evidence confirming that the examples of inherently restrictive predicative adjectives accompanied by articles must indeed be regarded as entity-identifying expressions : First , they can quite generally appear where entity expressions appear , including positions which are not even superficially available to an ordinary adjective : ( 24 ) the rudest came from your cousin she gave motherly advice to a second , and a stern warning to a third the oldest of the aircraft should be scrapped ( 25 ) the honest deserves the appointment Bert offered a peanut to the untidy the elegant of the vases lay on its side |
| 19 | I went to my doctor who gave me some pain-killers and told me to rest . |
| 20 | To her surprise he gave a deep-throated chuckle . |
| 21 | In the preface to his edition he gave a detailed description of the manuscript : |
| 22 | Five years prior to his death he gave property absolutely to his son . |
| 23 | Four years prior to his death he gave a house to his daughter but lived in it . |
| 24 | On his return he gave Hocazade the Esediye medrese in Bursa with a salary of 10 akce a day , a post in which Hocazade remained for six years . |
| 25 | I picked it up and checked on what news it gave of the train . |
| 26 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 27 | He kissed her then , his mouth warm and sensitive to her every response , and when she put her arms around his neck he gave a hoarse inhalation of breath , his arms tightening around hers , and the kiss took fire , grew passionate , their bodies pressing together , harder , harder … |