Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] gave [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A highlight was a party in the children 's hospital where we gave presents to all of the children , mums and staff as well as handing over medical supplies and a lap-top computer . |
| 2 | I wrote scientific papers by dictating to a secretary , and I gave seminars through an interpreter who repeated my words more clearly . |
| 3 | And he gave thanks to God for the grace which had been vouchsafed to him , and said to his mother , that he did not think it good to keep the Kings in captivity , but to let them go freely ; and he set them at liberty and bade them depart . |
| 4 | But they gave opportunities for the advancement of town planning , facilitating consultancy work and ( so ably fostered by Pepler ) encouraging individual local authorities to take the first steps in scheme preparation in their own areas . |
| 5 | When he lived in Falmouth , Brand was an art teacher , but he gave lectures on astrology and cast horoscopes in his spare time . |
| 6 | Another possibility is that a woman had a bomb wired to her , and that it went off as she gave flowers to Mr Gandhi . |
| 7 | So Jigoro Kano , the founding father of modern judo , learned to his cost when he gave demonstrations in Japan and America . |