Example sentences of "[subord] he gave [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he called , she 'd pretend to be out , she 'd hide in an outhouse , hide in the straw in the barn until he gave up his snooping and went away . |
| 2 | ‘ We should also allow dual citizenship in cases where a foreigner who wanted to become a German citizen would suffer disadvantages if he gave up his old citizenship . ’ |
| 3 | The designs were by Hanns Ebensten , his last collaboration with John , because he gave up his ambitions to make a career in stage design after he had visited the homes of two other ballet designers , both highly regarded and much in demand , but both living in very modest circumstances . |
| 4 | My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events , incidents and activities : I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible ; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie , his business-like wife ; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King , the Prime Minister , and R.B. Bennett , the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa ; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture , after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan ; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes , among many other things . |
| 5 | He was the MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty three years , but when he gave up his seat in nineteen eighty three , he continued to put the Liberal case in the House of Lords . |
| 6 | As he gave out his text , his voice rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes , ’ and when he came to the two last words , which he pronounced loud , deep , and distinct , it seemed to me , who was then young , as if the sounds had echoed from the bottom of the human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe . |