Example sentences of "but they gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they gave up when they failed to obtain financial assistance from the British government . |
| 2 | But they gave him their support , none the less , and the first issue , containing political reports , original essays , poetry , and reviews , was announced for the beginning of March , the aim of the publication being , as Coleridge modestly explained , ‘ to proclaim the State of the Political Atmosphere , and preserve Freedom and her Friends from the attacks of Robbers and Assassins ! ! ’ |
| 3 | She had children living nearby , but they gave only limited assistance ; she also had a home help . |
| 4 | The plans were sent to the Governors of the Greenwich Hospital , but they gave him no encouragement . |
| 5 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 6 | The arguments were upsetting , but they gave them a burning desire to win — to prove officialdom wrong . |
| 7 | Most of them were so badly damaged that they sank or were forced to withdraw as shell splinters cut their steering lines and tracer set fire to fuel tanks , but they gave a good account of themselves because the port was defended by well-sited , quick-firing guns used for anti-aircraft or anti-ship fire . |
| 8 | ‘ We rang your own number but they gave us this one … |
| 9 | The airport hotel was an expensive way to live , but they gave him a trade reduction , which seemed the logically absurd extension of a farcical situation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't understand half some of the women said , but they gave the impression they did n't like it . |
| 12 | With the professors ' backing , disaffected St Petersburg students tried to set up a " free university " at the beginning of 1862 , but they gave up the attempt after a month when the government arrested a professor for lecturing in a supposedly provocative manner on the upcoming national millennium . |
| 13 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |
| 14 | On paper on form hereford had no chance but they gave it everything and took an early lead with a try from Ivan Powell … |