Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] give birth to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leah bore him children , but Rachel was barren for a long period during which Jacob had children by her maidservant before she eventually gave birth to Joseph and then Benjamin . |
| 2 | She also gave birth to CRONUS , the first ruler of Olympus , the Titans and the Cyclops . |
| 3 | Whilst her husband , Captain Sherwood , was serving in India , she there gave birth to her first son , Henry , who did not long survive . |
| 4 | In place of these two extremes , we need to be like Mary , Jesus ' mother , who received the word within her , so that she actually gave birth to the Word of God . |
| 5 | She had as many as six at one time , usually whippets and pekinese , and one even gave birth to a litter in the bedroom . |
| 6 | What if they accidentally gave birth to something as gorgeous and life-affirming as Betty Boo 's ‘ Where Are You Baby ? ’ would they let this deformed abomination live ? |
| 7 | In contrast , the middle-class Bleak House admits the light and air of day through its open windows , and is so fertile in its humanity that it even gives birth to another , the ‘ rustic cottage of doll 's rooms ’ which shares its name , prepared for Esther by Mr Jarndyce on her marriage to Alan Woodcourt . |