Example sentences of "that [verb] give them " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common for students to return to a part that has given them many ideas , and to rework a passage fruitfully . |
| 2 | They are now mothers with the responsibility for a child , and some of them would maintain that it is their baby that has given them the determination to do something more with their lives , however hard this may be . |
| 3 | He was by no means unusual for his place and time : there were not a few London families in the mid-19th century who were busy accumulating all the paraphernalia that seemed to give them a gilt-edged claim to middle-class respectability — the portraits , the studio photographs , a family bible , ornate gravestones , even the odd crest and Latin motto . |
| 4 | It had been Mme Guérigny 's and Montaine 's intimacy with the creatures of the forest that had given them the idea of hiding their deserter in the cave . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |