Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] gave [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 2 | You 're being asked erm you told us you rang up the Assistant Chief Constable who gave you the authority to carry out the armed operation . |
| 3 | ‘ The girl who gave you the message from Richter . |
| 4 | John was a catalyst who gave them the exposure . |
| 5 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 6 | FURIOUS Nigel Mansell ended his Formula One career yesterday with a blast at the team which gave him the World Drivers ' Championship . |
| 7 | He heard the calm voice , but could feel the trembling body which gave it the lie . |
| 8 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 9 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 10 | THE grandfather of Cadbury Flake girl Rachel Brown last night hit out at the ‘ evil ’ person who gave her the designer drug Ecstasy . |
| 11 | He had been given curious looks by the person who gave him the directions which show that he was a stranger as he was not recognised . |
| 12 | In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven . |
| 13 | It comes to us from the age which gave us the Great Charter , and founded the House of Commons . |
| 14 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |
| 15 | The Royal Africa Company had to provide slaves for English colonists as a condition of keeping the charter which gave it the monopoly of the trade , and the colonists added to the injury of leaving their debts unpaid the insult of complaining that too few slaves were being delivered . |
| 16 | She may be 82 , but the woman who gave us the breathalyser is still going strong . |
| 17 | A lonely childhood , a youthful longing for adventure , made it easy enough for Dick to lay aside his devotion to an almost legendary father and to dedicate himself to the service of a man who gave him the emotional security and incentive he had lacked for so long . |
| 18 | The man who gave us The Romans in Britain still knows how to make an audience feel uncomfortable . |
| 19 | The man who gave us the meson |
| 20 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 21 | It was the capitalist who gave us the steam engine . |
| 22 | Deliberately nurtured as an élite destined to man the upper reaches of the State , they developed a sense of their own importance and dignity which gave them the confidence to question the conventions of Tsarist society . |
| 23 | Yet far from ensuring loyalty to the status quo , their elevated position developed in them a sense of their own importance and dignity which gave them the confidence to question the conventions of tsarist society . |
| 24 | Aside from this , there was an invitation to take part in Poll Tax Bingo , an introductory subscription to a new magazine called Torture , Bestiality , Ritual Murder And Game Shows On Cable and Satellite ! and a letter which gave me the chance to send £10 notes to ten strangers . |
| 25 | Their expressions were drained of personality which gave them the family resemblance possessed by a flock of sheep . |
| 26 | Apart from Fedorov , that fellow who gave us the slip the other evening might turn up . ’ |
| 27 | The doctor who gave me the medication asked me , ‘ Why did you do it ? ’ and I could n't answer because I did n't know . |
| 28 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |
| 29 | To him , they were something of an adventure , a small knock at the system which gave him the illusion of individual importance . |
| 30 | ‘ How could anyone despise a country which gave us the Renaissance , Venice , Michelangelo ? ’ |