Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] they gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction . |
| 2 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 3 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 7 | About two years since they gave me that . |
| 8 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Er we 've got a little few earmarked funds left over like for instance , Theakston 's Brewery gave us the barrels and they gave us two and a half thousand pounds . |