Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're being asked erm you told us you rang up the Assistant Chief Constable who gave you the authority to carry out the armed operation . |
| 2 | The Queen who gave it to Andy and Fergie as a wedding present has made it clear to her advisors that the Duchess should not be forced to leave , as long as the she adheres to her agreement not to talk about the marriage break up . |
| 3 | The judge who gave me bail had said that if I got into trouble that was it , I would n't get bail again , so obviously I thought , ‘ If I 'm going to go back , I 'll go for something worth going for . ’ |
| 4 | On its release in Britain , the Daily Worker described it as ‘ the first genuine ‘ mod ’ film of the British cinema' and the Sunday Express declared that ‘ its real jewels are the shining performances of Michael Crawford , as the gauche youth , and Miss Tushingham , as the girl who gives him the knowledge . |
| 5 | The narrator Michael , an elderly bachelor living in genteel poverty , describes his ‘ castle in the air ’ ; in it he has married Christiana , the girl who gave him up when he was disinherited , while John Spatter , who cheated him out of his business , remains his friend and partner . |
| 6 | ‘ The girl who gave you the message from Richter . |
| 7 | It passed ‘ into great peace with the help of Father Horner an old and saintly monk who gave me absolution and good counsel ’ . |
| 8 | John was a catalyst who gave them the exposure . |
| 9 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 10 | The team who gave us SOUTH PACIFIC , OKLAHOMA , CAROUSEL , THE SOUND OF MUSIC and THE KING AND I are just some from the legacy of the best and most popular shows of the post-war era . |
| 11 | He had been runner-up on several occasions during his 20 years with Smith , but it was Sheelagh Boon 's six-year-old Smart Move who gave him his first win when taking the Senior Newcomers Championship . |
| 12 | John Cooksley is a former teacher who gave it all up to become a fulltime Wildlife artist . |
| 13 | Old women , such as the mother of Uzum Hasan ; such as the wife who gave you your fortune ; such as Marietta of Patras , the mother of the lord Zacco . ’ |
| 14 | Sorry s one of you ov green jumper at the back who gave me your cake . |
| 15 | He had to rely on a kind-hearted local butcher who gave him two chickens a week to build up his strength . |
| 16 | THE grandfather of Cadbury Flake girl Rachel Brown last night hit out at the ‘ evil ’ person who gave her the designer drug Ecstasy . |
| 17 | He had been given curious looks by the person who gave him the directions which show that he was a stranger as he was not recognised . |
| 18 | ‘ But you are certain that Livesey was the person who gave you instructions ? ’ |
| 19 | The consent is a constitutive element both of the condition of the person who gives it and of the society resulting from it , which is good in itself . |
| 20 | The Dorchester crowd that sought to rescue the Pretender 's effigy from being burnt by the Dissenters on George I 's coronation day were encouraged by a certain gentleman who gave them half a hogshead of beer . |
| 21 | I WISH to thank the very kind gentleman who gave me money when my purse was stolen from my handbag while I was shopping at Dunn 's store , St John 's Precinct . |
| 22 | A MAN said a silent prayer of thanks yesterday on the third anniversary of his heart transplant for the anonymous donor who gave him his life . |
| 23 | That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about . |
| 24 | She may be 82 , but the woman who gave us the breathalyser is still going strong . |
| 25 | The woman who give me this |
| 26 | And the second man who pursued me did so to gain a large fortune , to spend on his long-term mistress and their children , and to laugh at the silly girl and her father who gave it to him . |
| 27 | Sharing the beauty and tranquillity of this location with a few other houses , a former farm building was initially converted into a restaurant in about 1970 and rapidly acquired local fame thanks to the good cooking and the able management of the owner who gave it his own name ‘ Leonetto ’ . |
| 28 | The crew hailed a fishing-skiff who gave them information that a French ship had been seen making its way up the Firth the previous day . |
| 29 | Nora Ephron , the New York screenwriter who gave us When Harry Met Sally , has taken this dynamite theme for another angst-ridden head-bang around the block . |
| 30 | You could get a job auditing the use of these funds in southern Italy , but I think you would be safer and richer as the man who gives them out . |