Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] give to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some churches also long possessed objects given to them by Cnut , which occasionally bore inscriptions to that effect , like the reliquary for the remains of St Vincent which he presented to the monastery of Abingdon . |
| 2 | More important , the CGLI argued that the latest proposal from the DES would break undertakings given to it in 1973 , when it agreed to provide the administrative services for TEC , that the latter would be confined to technician occupations and would not be used as an instrument of government policy . |
| 3 | This provides that if any religious houses alienate tenements given to them by the king or other founders , those tenements shall be recoverable by the donor or his heirs , the buyer losing both the tenement and the purchase price . |
| 4 | He had to have directions given to him which shows he did not know those parts . |
| 5 | Residents had been warned of an explosion , he claimed , but had " acted like children " and failed to obey instructions given to them . |