Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] [pron] gave " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Their expressions were drained of personality which gave them the family resemblance possessed by a flock of sheep . |
| 2 | Its whereabouts remained unknown until it was consigned at auction by a private collector in Spring 1990 , and bought by collectors who gave it to the Metropolitan . |
| 3 | Above all , in the West warfare was increasingly governed by rules which gave some protection to prisoners and civilians . |
| 4 | But for the present it will suffice to say that on this matter Lanfranc , no less than Anselm , would seem to have been content to rely on the tradition of the Canterbury monks , supported by documents which gave historical support to the testimony of the living word . |
| 5 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 6 | Some ‘ hot bulb ’ engines were fitted with gearboxes which gave a proper reverse gear . |
| 7 | To some extent , as I have suggested in the Introduction , these two themes were conceived in ways which gave rise to antithetical theories , in which either the influence of political forms and forces upon society or the influence of various social elements upon political forms was more strongly emphasized . |
| 8 | Mr Cross walked to the signal box at Girvan and waited until the train was belled off Kilkerran which gave him sufficient time to drive to Pinmore . |