Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] they gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was while she was reading one of the books they gave her — by a philosopher called Christ — the next day by the lamp-light that she suddenly realized what that gemmed necklace had said . |
| 2 | All the cassettes they gave us . |
| 3 | For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA . |
| 4 | Among the gifts they gave her was a sun-lounger and garden table , flowers , pictures , an immaculately iced cake and taped of Irish music to remind her of her homeland . |
| 5 | The task of household budgeting was an extremely difficult one and evoked harsh words from husbands if it was mismanaged , even though most husbands probably had little notion of how to manage on the sums they gave their wives . |
| 6 | I do n't know what it was about Holland , whether it was the food , the water or all the chocolates they gave me , but I grew , how I grew . |
| 7 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
| 8 | He accepted the service as naturally , closing long , hard fingers on hers to read the hints they gave him . |