Example sentences of "[conj] give [pers pn] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the outbreak of war the ILP put itself in opposition to the trade-union leaders by its refusal to support the war and by its criticism of those Labour Party members who either joined the government after 1916 or gave it their loyal parliamentary support . |
| 2 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm . |
| 5 | Moreover , we have to make sure that older people have increased opportunities for personal fulfilment after their retirement from employment which may have been both meaningful and given them their self-esteem . |
| 6 | The pair have taken classic rock songs like Stairway to Heaven and given them their own distinctive treatment . |
| 7 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 8 | This had some value , leading old ladies to get up and give me their seat on public transport . |
| 9 | To do that job you would have to take in all the deer in every year , weigh and measure them and give them their dose , and feed them while you did it . |
| 10 | When it is pointed out that a number of Labour programmes have been markedly radical , as in 1945 and 1983 , then it is claimed that the leaders have failed to be behind them and give them their solid backing and support . |
| 11 | Give them a week then and give them their radio back then . |
| 12 | If you do and they complete a report and give you their best advice you can still say no thank you I 'm going to put it in the building society . |
| 13 | Right , well if give me their address , then we can get a letter . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal held that the ordinary rules of construction require the court to look at the section 's words and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 15 | The ordinary canons of construction require this court to look at the words of the section and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 16 | We had paid some money to the police to look after us and they were also taking money from the journalists , and giving us their news , and ours to them ! |
| 17 | ‘ They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 18 | They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 19 | In the tenth century it was imagined to be an immemorial tradition that archbishops wishing to receive from the pope the ‘ pallium ’ , the scarf of lambs ' wool which set them apart as metropolitans and gave them their status over the rest of the bishops , should come to Rome in person to receive it . |
| 20 | Automatically , she led them in and gave them their feed . |
| 21 | He ‘ caught numerous examples , marked and gave them their liberty , in order to ascertain whether the individuals which were flying round the ship at nightfall , were the same that were similarly engaged at daylight in the morning after a night 's run of 120 miles , and which in nearly every instance proved to be the case . ’ |
| 22 | Matthew sliced it diagonally as Lizzie had described and gave them their portions . |
| 23 | He explains their shifts and duties , and gives them their copy of the document which they have already seen at their interview . |
| 24 | As revealing is his observation that the rights of the workers in the separate producers ' societies were regarded as giving them their distinctive Co-operative character . |