Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] gave them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to that date , however , some of the greater landowners , as lords of regality , maintained private courts which gave them opportunities to attract lawyer-freeholders to their service and hence to their political interest . |
| 2 | Also every team needs a bit of luck — the Spurs game is a prime example did n't we hit the post twice and conceede a dubious free kick which gave them their goal ! |
| 3 | In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven . |
| 4 | We feel very strongly about freedom of expression , so when [ in 1989 ] the NEA withdrew its grant to Artist 's Space , within forty-eight hours we gave them $10,000 to replace it . |
| 5 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 6 | The Victorian entrepreneurs did not miss the extraordinary opportunities offered by the business of travel and Cook and his descendants had many rivals who gave them keen competition . |
| 7 | They kept their admirable calm at that , permitting no shadow of a smile to answer the wicked look he gave them . |
| 8 | They seemed to be doing fine , but just to be on the safe side we gave them another four days to adapt . |
| 9 | Yet the citizens clung to their traditional way of life out of custom and love of their cities ; and for the very practical advantage it gave them in their favourite pastime of warfare against their neighbours . |
| 10 | Traditionalist to the core , the Legion fully encouraged the romanticism of escape from ‘ real life ’ and forgetting , because in practical terms it gave them that much more control over their members . |
| 11 | ‘ The most fortunate thing was that we found out he came from a village in Essex and by sheer chance Mr Woods came from the same county and knew the same village which gave them something to talk about . ’ |
| 12 | The achievement of Edward IV and Henry VII lay less in the size of their income than in their creation of a landed estate which gave them a substantial revenue over which they had complete control . |
| 13 | The Founders appeared in the prospectus as holders of a Golden Share which gave them six powers . |
| 14 | 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 . |