Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] they give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 2 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 3 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 4 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 5 | About two years since they gave me that . |
| 6 | The second answer describes a procedure which relies , in principle , upon oral evidence received at the actual trial , a good deal of importance being attached to the impression the court forms of the parties and the witnesses as they give their evidence . |
| 7 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 8 | ‘ An issue that is consistently swept under the carpet is the power adults can have over children when they give their stories of what has happened to them , ’ said Prof Turner . |