Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this , when King Oswy gave the land for a monastery to St Hilda , he retained the hunting rights . |
| 2 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 3 | When Gary Smart gave the Beazer Homes League side the lead things looked bleak for a team winless for 11 games , but John Marshall and John Watson sealed a determined victory . |
| 4 | When Pat Arrowsmith gave out similar anti-war material to British troops , this time related to Northern Ireland , the justices before whom she appeared acquitted her because they did not think the publication to be ‘ insulting ’ . |
| 5 | When Miss C gave the evidence that helped put the doctor away , she broke down in tears . |
| 6 | Wales had opened brightly , but were then caught out when Gavin Maguire gave away a free kick on the right . |
| 7 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 8 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 9 | From the bold opening words , in which Christian appears with his Bible in his hand and his great burden on his back , crying , ‘ What shall I do ’ , readers of all denominations and cultures have been entranced by the story right through to the end , when Mr Valiant-for-Truth gives his sword ‘ to him that shall succeed me … and as he went , he said , ‘ Death where is thy sting ? ’ and as he went down deeper , he said , ‘ Grave where is thy victory ? ’ |
| 10 | When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night , his permanent secretary , Sir Patrick Wright , and other FO officials sat at the back of the room , suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role . |
| 11 | When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night , his permanent secretary , Sir Patrick Wright , and other FO officials sat at the back of the room , suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role . |
| 12 | When Sid Boyling gave us the light and waved us on , I read my brief prepared introduction and Mr Murray began : ‘ My friends , I speak to you from Melachusetuck , the old Indian name for Moose Jaw , and it is my pleasure to visit the studios of CHAB , your own community station , which your loyal support and encouragement over the years has made possible . |
| 13 | Another reprieved rebel is former skipper Mike Gatting , but the Middlesex man insisted he has n't thought about taking over the England captaincy when Graham Gooch gives it up . |
| 14 | I remember the 1935 headlines when Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a ‘ plane crash and when Mrs Dionne gave birth to quintuplets in northern Ontario . |
| 15 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 16 | The public launch came to a climax on the day of the Annual Meeting of Court , when Lord Flowers gave the Inaugural Lecture of the Campaign for Resource series , an address on the future of higher education in the UK . |
| 17 | So strategic was the city 's position that the present inhabitants claim that the dwellers were a people in their own right even by the time of the Roman conquest , and that when Julius Caesar gave them Roman citizenship they were already famed as an industrious , peaceable , practical people with a legendary ability to confront any misadventures with incredible resources of energy . |
| 18 | When Erich Honecker gave his last big speech many people regretted the fact that there was n't a hint of sadness about all the things that had gone wrong in the past 40 years , all the changes that should have happened and never did — nor , finally , any regrets about the many people who fled the country . |
| 19 | When DUP spokesmen give their view of the conflict , which is that the rioters were clearly in the wrong but their actions were understandable , and that the fault really lay with the leadership of the RUC , the loyalists seem to hear only those parts which marked the DUP as being more supportive of their acts than was the OUP . |
| 20 | Now and again , he could be militant : when Lady Astor gave a speech in which she suggested that ex-servicemen should wear arm bands to warn people that they might have venereal disease , my father shouted her down and called her an ex-chorus girl . |
| 21 | ‘ When Clara Butt gave song recitals . ’ |
| 22 | Sunderland had a new manager to show off … a big crowd to shout them on … and the bounce of the ball … but Swindon still came out on top … mind you when Shaun Taylor gave away a penalty in the first half … things looked a bit dodgy … |
| 23 | First , we should understand that the political hacks were peeved when he won the overwhelming support of his colleagues to represent them on Labour 's shadow cabinet and they were really gutted when John Smith gave him the Scottish Office to shadow . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been biding my time waiting for this Ulster call , and was delighted when John Clarke gave me the nod , ’ he said . |