Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 2 | She lifted a large saucepan of eggs from on top of the hot range and gave one to each person . |
| 3 | So it was that , at a highly important summit in the Hague in December 1969 , several major decisions were taken which breathed new life into the Community and gave something to both France and her partners . |
| 4 | But the big news of the day that gave everyone sleepless nights was the Cuba Missile Crisis . |
| 5 | Northampton asked for no quarter and gave none . |
| 6 | They inhabited their silence and gave nothing away . |
| 7 | We took them down to Max 's Kansas City and gave one to Micky Ruskin the owner , we gave one to the DJ ; and we gave one to Lisa Robinson , the reporter . |
| 8 | The discussion of this chapter so far might perhaps be summed up by noting that Lakatos aimed to give a rationalist account of science but failed , whilst Kuhn denied that he aimed to give a relativist account of science but gave one nevertheless . |
| 9 | Loathing for the other woman rose in Shae 's chest like an icy-cold wave , but she resolutely contained the feeling , staring back at her with a bland expression that gave nothing of her inner turmoil away . |