Example sentences of "[conj] god gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 2 | And at one point , showing how the books were formed into the New Testament by the early Church , the report expressed the belief that God gave the early Church its three gifts of ordering of the New Testament , creeds like the apostles ' creed , and the ministry of bishops in their succession from the apostles . |
| 3 | ‘ This is a promise that God gave to Abraham , ’ North said Reagan had told him , in the slightly hectoring tone he always had in the North dreams ; ‘ Who am I to say that we should not do this ? ’ |
| 4 | He was convinced that it was only to the true Catholic that God gave the power to write ‘ authentic and inspiring music ’ . |
| 5 | 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 ? ’ ' |
| 6 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 7 | He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Let them not take in their commons , neither make parks nor pastures of whole parishes : for God gave the earth to man to inherit not unto sheep and wild deer . ’ |