Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] gave [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an afternoon visit to the temples and a drive to the buried Buddhist city of Sarnath where Buddha gave his first sermon . |
| 2 | It is significant that Buchan gave his middle-aged hero , the Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn , a literary ancestry : . |
| 3 | Although Innocent gave his college an international flavour and outlook with the appointment of such men as Stephen Langton , Robert of Courson and Peter of Corbeil , the solid Roman basis , supported by cardinals from the neighbourhood of Rome , remained intact from 1198 to 1216 . |
| 4 | When Springhall writes that adolescents gave their allegiance to ‘ society ’ , this is at best a half-truth . |
| 5 | Did Johnson know Anaitis , sometimes called Anahita , to be the name of a Persian and pan-European goddess associated with water , in the way that Sequanna gave her name to the river Seine ? |
| 6 | In the end , Butterworth and Clibber gave their reluctant assent . |
| 7 | On May 11th Mr Ryabov appeared to give his blessing to Mr Yeltsin 's plan , when he said ‘ it would be nice if parliament gave its blessing ’ to the constitution adopted by the constituent assembly . |
| 8 | When they submitted their paper and Fleischmann gave his first public presentation on 28 March it was this peak alone that was exhibited ; it is shown enlarged in Figure 7 with the number of counts in the vertical axis and the energy scale along the bottom . |
| 9 | On 26th June , Pennethorne sent a long memorial to the Treasury explaining his position and his grievances , and Hall gave his version to the Treasury on 21st July . |
| 10 | Lansdowne announced the changed policy at an Albert Hall rally on 14 November 1912 , and Law gave his support at Ashton-under-Lyne on 16 December . |
| 11 | And Gill gave her job to go and work in the shop and he would n't let her go and work in it . |
| 12 | The numerous spidery capillaries scrawling their florid graffiti across her nose and cheeks gave their own silent clue as to her habits . |
| 13 | Wise and Beagrie gave their movements speed and width and , once Newell had replaced the persevering but internationally inexperienced Wright , the attack gained a sharper cutting edge . |
| 14 | His eyes were closed and pallor gave his weathered tan a peculiar blotchy look . |
| 15 | He banished his brother to the west , along with his servants of darkness , although the spirits of thunder and lightning gave their allegiance to Hahgwehdiyu instead ; henceforth this god was depicted with a drum and a forked head-dress , representing these forces of nature . |
| 16 | But my aunty and uncle gave my cousins fifteen pounds each and have theirs to themselves . |
| 17 | She did n't like many of them , but she did n't want Oswin to be ashamed of her and Angela gave her scant chance to protest . |
| 18 | Either way , it tends to confirm the view that collectivist reforms were doomed unless industry and commerce gave their consent . |
| 19 | For the last two years he had been in practice in Northampton , and he did not at that stage wish to endanger his prospects there by letting his application to Bedford be generally known ; if Whitbread gave his support however , Thackeray would ‘ make his pretensions public ’ . |
| 20 | Plnëná sardelová vejce was a tasty concoction of egg and anchovy , and Fabia gave her attention over to other matters . |
| 21 | Instead , from now on all ‘ heroes ' deaths ’ were placed in the newspapers under a uniform heading at the top of the columns , reading : ‘ For Führer , People , and Reich gave their lives … ’ |
| 22 | Francie and Margaret gave her light , dry , affectionate kisses on each cheek . |
| 23 | She was more frightened than she had ever been in her life , but fright gave her strength . |
| 24 | The engineers strongly opposed this , but Citrine gave his backing to Self at a Central Authority meeting in March 1950 ( when Pask was absent abroad ) . |
| 25 | But Townsend gave his side a deserved lead in the 19th minute The Republic of Ireland midfielder was perfectly positioned in the nineteenth minute when Graeme Le Saux touched back a crossfield ball from Fleck for his skipper to drive home a low shot . |
| 26 | When he turned into the car park of an attractive roadside pub Leonora went off to ring her sister while Penry gave their orders . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | When Churchill gave his first broadcast , suggesting that the Labour Party might have to resort to ‘ some form of Gestapo , no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance ’ , the electors were bound to regard it as a gross exaggeration ; Attlee , following the next night , could readily ask his audience to distinguish between ‘ Winston Churchill , the great leader in war of a united nation , and Mr Churchill the party leader of the Conservatives ’ . |
| 29 | We were disappointed but we could still watch through the windows as Mum gave her final instructions to Mrs Taylor and Mrs Buckley . |
| 30 | SMILING DI : The princess yesterday , beaming as fans gave her flowers Picture : HARRY PAGE |