Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I therefore completed to his satisfaction all the forms he gave me , and I gave him a detailed written description of our proposal , and a revised working drawing showing greater detail , with both of which he seemed satisfied . |
2 | The solicitors who gave him the court order for them to release all the details on that . |
3 | On paper , Olympia & York still looked like a good thing to the institutions who gave their money . |
4 | I never ceased to be astounded by how quickly and thoroughly he absorbed the notes I gave him . ’ |
5 | I mean I , see the tablets you gave him ? |
6 | Some features of that world are nowadays entirely inscrutable — notably , what it was in Frederic Lowndes 's self-effacing position on The Times which gave him and his wife access to a society of international aristocracy and even royalty , and to the inner circles of the cabinet , as well as the society of novelists and playwrights . |
7 | I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I would allow the appeal . |
8 | I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I would allow the appeal . |
9 | My Lords , I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs ' action . |
10 | I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal . |
11 | I agree with it and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal . |
12 | I have had the advantage of reading in draft the opinion of my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal . |
13 | It might be the authorities who give you permission but when it comes to the bit it 's the ordinary policeman who 's getting shot . |
14 | The rewards for those working in BP come in the quality of the opportunities it gives us for the future . |
15 | It was while she was reading one of the books they gave her — by a philosopher called Christ — the next day by the lamp-light that she suddenly realized what that gemmed necklace had said . |
16 | I only read a little in the books he gave me , picked up what I could . |
17 | Even under Edward 's guidance it proved difficult to feel my way into the texts he gave me to read . |
18 | Or , perhaps , it was in some way due to the directions we gave them ? |
19 | He stated : " Haughey had retained all but one of the tapes I gave him , and at no stage indicated disapproval of the action that had been taken . " |
20 | None of the foregoing says anything about the ‘ Silmarils ’ themselves , the jewels which give their name to The Silmarillion , and whose fate determines its plot . |
21 | All the cassettes they gave us . |
22 | For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA . |
23 | And I 'll tell you what I find even more impressive : The figures you gave me accord exactly with Spackman 's . |
24 | The figures you gave us at the beginning I I seem to remember that you sell a lot more water abroad than in this country . |
25 | It has also been our our position of this County Council Chairman that we will never seek to impose a solution on St Albans , we felt that it 's our duty to highlight the problems we to give them our expertise er as part of the leading part of our Authorities Committee in this country . |
26 | Indeed , it was the Moors who gave him the title by which he is best known , a contraction of the Arabic sid-y , meaning ‘ my lord ’ . |
27 | ‘ Are all the treatments we give them justified ? |
28 | They use the handouts you give them — but half the time they put some snide twist on the story . |
29 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |
30 | Among the gifts they gave her was a sun-lounger and garden table , flowers , pictures , an immaculately iced cake and taped of Irish music to remind her of her homeland . |