Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He then scattered it on pub floors or gave it to friends to buy drugs . |
| 3 | I found the main control lines and gave them to Esmerelda , showing her how to hold them , and where . |
| 4 | Capitalist economic relations were established in the countryside through the ‘ enclosures ’ , where land became the private property of landowners and the rural work-force was stripped of the land-use rights that gave them an independent source of subsistence . |
| 5 | He called Directory Enquiries and gave her name . |
| 6 | Foujita , the Japanese artist , swore that the dealer bought the artists drinks and gave them a contract to sign when they were drunk . |
| 7 | Pieces of pine from apple cases became cricket bats , tennis rackets or hockey sticks and gave them endless hours of pleasure . |