Example sentences of "[noun pl] gave [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sharp nose and thin lips gave his angular face a harshness which was softened by the neatly trimmed black moustache he had worn since his early twenties . |
| 2 | If only he had pushed his advantage home the night the Dorking brothers gave their party ( ‘ The Night of the Hundred Cans ' , as it was still known in Wimbledon ) . |
| 3 | Three months gave her time to give notice on her present job , and , with luck , have funds released from her grandfather 's estate , the mortgage secured , and , hopefully , the sale of the flat completed . |
| 4 | All the authors gave their manuscripts free , to help make Burma and its people better known , not only to the men of the forces , but more widely . |
| 5 | Ironically , his next words gave her spine just the stiffening it needed . |
| 6 | The emphasis on the last few words gave his game away . |
| 7 | SMILING DI : The princess yesterday , beaming as fans gave her flowers Picture : HARRY PAGE |
| 8 | A board on the outskirts gave its name as Sècheron and listed times of Holy Mass . |
| 9 | Goodlad 's ideas have received some outside encouragement : the Royal Society of Arts gave his course on communication of scientific ideas an Education for Capability award for providing an effective combination of academic reflection and the learning of practical skills in communication of ideas . |
| 10 | A Crookes spokeswoman said : ‘ Bedtimers was launched after research showed that a third of parents gave their children adult hot chocolate drinks . |
| 11 | The patients ' parents gave their informed consent to the study . |
| 12 | The numerous spidery capillaries scrawling their florid graffiti across her nose and cheeks gave their own silent clue as to her habits . |
| 13 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 14 | The affair came to a head in a series of by-elections in the early 1930s in which the press barons gave their support to Empire Crusade candidates in their fight against the official Conservative central office candidates . |
| 15 | The participants gave their informed consent before participation . |
| 16 | Despite its shattering defeat in 1931 the Labour Party had established itself as the dominant political force opposed to the Conservative Party , as the unchallenged controller of local government on the major coalfields and as the Party to which the great majority of trade-union officials gave their loyalty . |
| 17 | Di — who smiled when wellwishers gave her flowers — said people took more notice if someone well-known was involved . |
| 18 | On check-off , the hon. Gentleman said that we could not have that now unless individual trade unionists gave their consent . |
| 19 | THE EUROPEAN Commission of Human Rights gave its permission yesterday for three newspapers to pursue a claim that the UK broke freedom of expression guarantees during the Spycatcher affair . |
| 20 | Since consultants gave their time free they were more available in more wealthy urban areas which could support the private practices that provided their income . |
| 21 | More than 700 farmers gave their backing to the Carlisle mart firm Harrison & Hetherington which had called the meeting because it believes the new system could paralyse cattle marketing . |
| 22 | The small court at Reading was inundated with spectators as various witnesses gave their accounts . |
| 23 | Now those same partners gave their blessing to the idea of the two solicitors moving out of their own offices , and setting up a temporary Law Centre where everyone involved could get together and fight for the return of the children ; they would fight for justice , and ultimately a judicial inquiry . |
| 24 | It was published in 1959 and the trustees gave their consent . |
| 25 | Data on these biles are shown in Table I. All patients gave their informed consent to bile sampling . |
| 26 | In each of the participating hospitals , Ethical Committee permission was obtained for the study and all patients gave their informed consent . |
| 27 | She had stopped crying when her mother hit her , partly out of pride , but partly out of spite because she always felt her tears gave her mother pleasure . |
| 28 | In April Thai and Indonesian leaders gave their formal blessing to the idea of the triangle . |
| 29 | The doctors gave their services , the nurses gave their services , all the lay workers give their services and from one clinic we went to seven clinics in a week ! |
| 30 | At only 19 oz doctors gave her little hope . |