Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [conj] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 2 | She wrapped up the clogs and gave them back to me with the instruction that I was only to wear the shoes when I came to call . |
| 3 | Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go . |
| 4 | She took out one of the pounds and gave it to her daughter . |
| 5 | ‘ Off you go , little girl , ’ he said briskly , released the reins and gave her a slap across the haunches . |
| 6 | And he picked a basketful of the pears and gave them to Gabriel . |
| 7 | P&O Ferries lent us all the props and gave us expert advice , ’ Peter says . |
| 8 | One member , Bill Corless , particularly liked the exercises that gave him suppleness and flow . |
| 9 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 10 | Helen would n't hold on to anything properly in case mosquitoes jumped out of the suitcases and gave her malaria . |
| 11 | I then took all the cabinets and gave them deep-dish handles , plus I used the old logo from the early '50s and expanded it length-wise on a computer , to see how it looked . |
| 12 | His passionate onslaught at the 1985 party conference against the Militants of Merseyside ( whom he accused of hiring taxis to hand out redundancy notices to their workers ) appealed to the unions and gave him new public stature . |