Example sentences of "the [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr O'Malley reported his ‘ understanding ’ that the judge would hold a special investigation today into Mr Reynolds ' comments , made when the premier gave evidence last week to Mr Justice Hamilton 's tribunal of inquiry into malpractice allegations surrounding the troubled Irish beef trade . |
| 2 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 3 | I read the Blues Brothers review and the soundtrack gave me an idea : why not have a soundtrack chart in ZZAP ! ? |
| 4 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 5 | It so happened that the dresser at the Shield gave notice , and Dinah decided that she herseelf could teach Lilian to make herself useful in that and other ways . |
| 6 | The writers ' chart in the NME gave The Smiths a fair to low hearing , concentrating , as usual , on more obscure artifacts . |
| 7 | In the darkness the Prince gave a short , barking laugh , ingested a large mouthful of water , choked and expelled it in panic through nose and mouth at once . |
| 8 | The bore-holes nearest the ridge gave ages below seven million years , while those furthest away gave ages of over 160 million years . |
| 9 | The Kayes gave the industry the Golden Egg , Strikes , Garfunkels and several other concepts we have now probably forgotten about . |
| 10 | Our carpenter is aboard the Angelina , building a cradle for the bomb according to the specifications the Pentagon gave us . |
| 11 | The Chapel gave men and women who were often denied formal education the inspiration and obligation to serve their fellow citizens in voluntary activities , the Trade Unions and public life . |
| 12 | The bike gave good all around performance and at £250 is excellent value for money . |
| 13 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 14 | The award gave BP Norway operatorships and 25 percent interests in two licences and a stake in a third licence . |
| 15 | Now he worked in offices of the Gas Board , and was studying accountancy , mostly at night , though the Board gave him one day off each week to attend classes . |
| 16 | The Board gave FGD costs as the increased cost of generating electricity at particular stations and not as that delivered to the consumer in electricity prices . |
| 17 | The Board gave both a secure market for milk and a measure of financial security to the farmers . |
| 18 | The Board gave its blessing to the scheme and in May 1926 , the Minister of Health confirmed that application had been made to the General Nursing Council for approval of St. Peter 's as a training school . |
| 19 | Would it not help if the board gave a written assurance to the people who 've been complaining here that they will meet them on any occasion to discuss the problem in writing please because from Brenda it appears that it just does not happen . |
| 20 | The Board gave indications of its thinking in its first Report to the Lord Chancellor and in a consultation paper issued in May 1989 . |
| 21 | I could have done without the ‘ vote of confidence ’ the Board gave me a month ago … every football manager knows what that invariably means . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ The board gave me a free hand with the retained list and backed me all the way . |
| 23 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 24 | Charley rubbed her hands and the Dodger gave her a drink from the bottle he carried . |
| 25 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) As I have indicated , I reject the evidence of the midwife that she read the form to Miss T. The midwife gave Miss T. no explanation at all and I find , like Bristow J. in Chatterton v. Gerson [ 1981 ] Q.B . |
| 27 | Hire-purchase was used in England for pianos , furniture , and sewing machines ; after a slight hiccup , the courts gave their imprimatur . |
| 28 | The court therefore has to approach its construction on the footing that the new Act may exhibit policies and intentions which are not necessarily the same as those in the earlier Act , and which require similar words to be given different meanings from those which the courts gave them under the earlier legislation . |
| 29 | In over 60 countries the courts gave out death sentences , which were carried out in more than half these countries . |
| 30 | The vet gave him a strong dose of painkiller , and after waiting in vain for a while to see if the pain eased , she decided to pop back into town to fetch an x-ray machine . |