Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] gave them " in BNC.

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1 What is tolerably certain is that he was still alive when he either entered into confraternity with Christ Church or Cnut gave them his name , and that when Cnut himself sailed for Denmark in 1019 it was to suppress trouble .
2 We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign .
3 No one denied that ICI gave them first-class products .
4 Second , he says that Jesus gave them power over unclean spirits , and that when they were under pressure the Spirit of their Father would speak within them ( 11:20 ) .
5 By-employments such as basket-making , hemp-dressing and wild-fowling gave them additional security .
6 Controlling his own forces required more subtle tactics , for they could not be dismissed as " anti-Spain " and their part in his victory and elevation gave them a claim on his gratitude and on how post-war Spain would be shaped .
7 The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives .
8 These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month .
9 Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens .
10 Neither woman spoke and Alain gave them both a wry look before urging his mother further into the room .
11 Pat told them to take what they liked and Carrie gave them linen and other items which were now impossible to buy .
12 The crowd called for 5 and Town gave them what they wanted .
13 After that 's the spring term we 're into now , after Christmas erm health now there was there are packages and Catherine gave them to me on personal hygiene , things like that and I think Paul erm I know he would be keen he said , he 'd be keen to maybe put a package together with the help of all the form teachers plus myself and maybe do a bit into health , cos I mean you know it 's it 's
14 So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ '
15 Their deafening boom tossed up lunar rainbows ; and Fenna gave them to Maggie for playthings and they dissolved in dark brightness between her fingers .
16 ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table .
17 What is emphasized in their case is something very different : the support which their political constitution and generally speaking their customs and habits gave them in their drive towards world-rule .
18 Yeah , three little kittens and mother gave them
19 The young were living mostly in exile , but exile gave them possibilities of which they had seldom dreamed before .
20 She listened while Silas gave them a talk on safety measures , reminding them that if anyone fell out he must lie on his back .
21 Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute .
22 Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around .
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