Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] gave [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 2 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 3 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 4 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 5 | In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today |
| 6 | Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure . |
| 7 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 8 | They recorded the usual four songs and gave them both English and Ukrainian names . |
| 9 | The woman at the door raised weary , gold-lidded eyes and gave her an anonymous welcoming smile . |
| 10 | I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look . |
| 11 | It was alleged by his widow that Thomas Flete , as agent of Clemens , ‘ … him feloniously slew and murdered and clove his head in four parties and gave him ten deadly wounds in his body and when he was dead they cut off one of his legs and one of his arms and his head from his body to make him sure ’ . |
| 12 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 13 | He shrugged his broad shoulders and gave her a warm smile . |
| 14 | They shared a commiserating smile , and Mick put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a friendly hug . |
| 15 | He terrified the inhabitants of Staufen Swabia , confiscated fiefs which had been conferred on ecclesiastics and gave them to his Saxon and English supporters . |
| 16 | Tom picked up Willie 's three books and gave them to him to carry . |
| 17 | If they had difficulties then I broke each stage down into small steps and gave them repeated practice . |
| 18 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 19 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 20 | Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go . |
| 21 | And they were the sort of corsets that gave you the the straight boyish look that was necessary for the clothes of the twenties and the early thirties which were cut on the cross . |
| 22 | Thacker put his hands back in his pockets and gave her a pitying look . |
| 23 | She wrapped up the clogs and gave them back to me with the instruction that I was only to wear the shoes when I came to call . |
| 24 | I found the main control lines and gave them to Esmerelda , showing her how to hold them , and where . |
| 25 | If you struggled with rollers and gave them up as a bad job about ten years ago , you 'll be surprised at the simplicity of the latest setting appliances . |
| 26 | He stared back and , blushing with confusion , she rose to her feet and gave him a little bob . |
| 27 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |
| 28 | I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright . |
| 29 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 30 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |