Example sentences of "[pron] gave their " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , let us suppose , you were driving south from Mâcon or Bourg-en-Bresse ( I would stay chez La Mere Blanc at Vonnas ) you could drive through La-Tour-du-Pin , Saint-Rambert d'Albon , Beaurepaire d'Isère , Beaumont-les-Valence , La Garde-Adhémar , St-Paul-Trois-Chateaux — the three castles which gave their name to the Tricastin district — then down to Suze-La-Rousse and the tiny village of Donzère and its great nearby dam which is as wondrous and absorbing a spectacle in its way as any of the great Roman glories of this province through which , they claim , Hannibal marched with his Carthaginians — and presumably his elephants — two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven years ago . |
| 2 | Just inside the front porch , a handwritten book is prefaced with the words ‘ This book has been compiled that something , more than their mere names , may be known of the Lavenham men who gave their lives for their country in the Great War . ’ |
| 3 | Books of Remembrance record the names of over 125,000 and women who gave their lives in the Service , and Roll of Honour commemorates over 19,000 US airmen who died on active service while serving in the UK . |
| 4 | However , Sir Anthony stresses that , almost without exception , those who gave their evidence to the investigation did so with ‘ conscientiousness , care , dignity and with a measure of frankness wholly to be admired ’ . |
| 5 | The players are hoping for another lift from the supporters , who gave their team a tremendous welcome and out-sang Liverpool 's followers at Highbury . |
| 6 | The existence of this group of organisms was first suspected by two unpronounceable German scientists in 1907 , who gave their names to the Halberstaedter-Prowazek bodies seen inside ocular cells infected by the agent which causes trachoma . |
| 7 | A memorial ‘ to commemorate the eternal memory of those American , British , Belgian and Commonwealth airmen who gave their lives in the course of freedom , 1943–1945 , prompts our thoughts , ‘ Lest We Forget ’ . |
| 8 | MAY I thank the following persons who gave their services free at a recent function held by the Royal Victoria Heart Club : Barnbrack , Sylvia Paris , Yvonne , Mary Ann , Bobby Crowthers , David Patterson ; the committee and staff of the Ulster Sports Club , High Street who gave their premises free ; the prize donors ; and , finally , those who attended . |
| 9 | MAY I thank the following persons who gave their services free at a recent function held by the Royal Victoria Heart Club : Barnbrack , Sylvia Paris , Yvonne , Mary Ann , Bobby Crowthers , David Patterson ; the committee and staff of the Ulster Sports Club , High Street who gave their premises free ; the prize donors ; and , finally , those who attended . |
| 10 | Pat has also asked me to thank those who gave their names to be pen friends and asks you to be patient as she is too ill to distribute them yet . |
| 11 | This terminal damage to the airfield met with the approval of many local residents , who gave their support to the project . |
| 12 | Berkeley Castle , built by the Normans in 1117 , is still the home of the Berkeley family who gave their name to Berkeley Square in London . |
| 13 | The Philistines ( one of the trading Sea Peoples , many of whom settled the east Mediterranean coastlands ) , who gave their name to Palestine , invaded the area in force in the 12th century BC . |
| 14 | This is the finest war memorial you could set up to the men who gave their lives , their limbs , or their health , and those who lost their dear ones in the country 's cause . |
| 15 | They are the people who gave their best ten years ago , and for whom nothing is good enough now . |
| 16 | On paper , Olympia & York still looked like a good thing to the institutions who gave their money . |
| 17 | The likelihood of influence by a husband over his wife and of reliance by a wife on her husband to make the business decisions for the family was the justification in the first place for the tenderness of equity towards married women who gave their property as security for their husband 's debts . |
| 18 | That we believe would be repugnant alike to justice , to the public , and , we would suggest , to those who gave their co-operation to the P.C.A. — C.N.L. 's intended witnesses — the very people whose interest is said to underlie the immunity . |
| 19 | He joined the Puffin Bookshop in the summer of 1985 and quickly established himself as someone with a deep interest in books for children , especially for the very young , and won the hearts of customers , fellow members of staff and publishers visiting the shop , not to mention the many authors and illustrators who gave their time freely for the events and signings at the bookshop . |
| 20 | Some sort of stone memorial , at the place where they fell , to heroes who gave their lives for France , yes , the Bishop thinks that may be in order . |
| 21 | In 1908 George Lansbury admonished working class men for not practising the economic equality at home that they preached in public , and noted that men who gave their wives 10/ to 12/ out of 30/ to 35/ felt that they had done enough . |
| 22 | The Wessex Regional Transfusion Centre wishes to thank those members of the staff of AEA Technology who gave their blood for the benefit of others on Tuesday , 12 and Wednesday , 13 January 1993 . |
| 23 | Jim said : ‘ We would like to thank everyone who gave their money and encouragement . ’ |
| 24 | There are coats of arms all around the Chamber of hon. Members who gave their lives for peace in Europe . |
| 25 | WWF thanks all those who gave their time or financial support to this event , in particular the Ball Committee and the WWF Supporters Group members who worked so hard . |
| 26 | That reconciliation was not Franco 's guiding principle was clear from the decree he had issued on 1 April 1939 ( the same day he had signed the final war bulletin ) , ordering that a monument be built " to perpetuate the memory of those who fell in the Crusade of Liberation " and to honour " those who gave their lives for God and the Fatherland " . |
| 27 | First of all , of course , the Pillar of our Society Molly Braithwaite and her devoted team who gave their time , endless endeavours for it to take root . |
| 28 | The trials were explained in detail to all the local , regional , and district authorities and paramount chiefs , who gave their approval . |
| 29 | I am certain that the transition could only have been made possible through the dedication ( If those Mr Chips at Halton , who gave their entire working life to the charges of all their students , Men like A.C.K. Kermode , Whittaker , Latimer Needham , Pillars , B.A. Smith and last but not least my dear friend the maths master . |
| 30 | Unfortunately despite this success I feel compelled to write this letter of complaint about certain aspects which undermine the efforts of managers , coaches and boys from this country who gave their all in this tournament . |