Example sentences of "[noun pl] they gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Archaos ’ was n't a flop in relation to the performances they gave . |
| 2 | In the hitherto unpublished Leeds University evaluation of the 1991 Key Stage One National Curriculum Assessment , teachers rated the tasks they gave to children as rather more challenging than did observers , and were rather more generous than the observers in their estimates both of the frequency of open questions and of the opportunities they gave pupils to volunteer opinions . |
| 3 | It was while she was reading one of the books they gave her — by a philosopher called Christ — the next day by the lamp-light that she suddenly realized what that gemmed necklace had said . |
| 4 | After two years they gave up prospecting and pulled out . |
| 5 | For instance , they gave us just two power lines per side on a huge concert stage , and just one spotlight , and that was all the lights they gave us , and they gave us half the PA . |
| 6 | All the cassettes they gave us . |
| 7 | Many large bags ( not the small plastic things they gave us to put change in ) of old 5ps have been returned by banks for disposal . |
| 8 | Figures they gave us from surveys carried out for the Inter-Bank Research Organisation by the British Market Research Bureau confirmed this , but showed that people in social classes A , B and C1 are still twice as likely to have a bank account as people in social classes D and E , and that the higher someone 's income the greater is the likelihood of their having a bank account . |
| 9 | I do n't know what it was about Holland , whether it was the food , the water or all the chocolates they gave me , but I grew , how I grew . |
| 10 | Among the gifts they gave her was a sun-lounger and garden table , flowers , pictures , an immaculately iced cake and taped of Irish music to remind her of her homeland . |
| 11 | The task of household budgeting was an extremely difficult one and evoked harsh words from husbands if it was mismanaged , even though most husbands probably had little notion of how to manage on the sums they gave their wives . |
| 12 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 13 | This change in female initiation patterns is also reflected in the reasons they gave for experimentation with heroin in the first place . |
| 14 | The same committee on the same day had considered Mr. Choudhury 's appeal and the reasons they gave in that case are impeccable . |
| 15 | They were full and sensuous like a woman 's , though at times they gave him a hint of cruelty . |
| 16 | Passengers liked them for their smooth ride , comfortable seating and the good views they gave from their many windows . |
| 17 | The answers they gave were very revealing … |
| 18 | They gave it their photograph albums they gave it their records |
| 19 | Ringing round some of the ex club members they gave their pictures of Philip : ‘ A quiet but firm man , who always had time to listen , and give advice when asked . ’ |
| 20 | Their degree of preference for one party Over others had an important influence upon the usefulness-ratings they gave the media for helping them decide how to Vote ( those with clear preferences found the media less useful for that purpose ) but had little or no influence on other aspects of usefulness-ratings . |
| 21 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
| 22 | They gave it a thousand letters they gave it money |
| 23 | The two women putting finishing touches to the buffet supper turned as one , surprise in the smiles they gave the slender figure standing alone in the doorway . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , I thought it was the Last Rites they gave you when you were dying , what d' you call it , Extreme Unction ? ’ |
| 25 | In the hitherto unpublished Leeds University evaluation of the 1991 Key Stage One National Curriculum Assessment , teachers rated the tasks they gave to children as rather more challenging than did observers , and were rather more generous than the observers in their estimates both of the frequency of open questions and of the opportunities they gave pupils to volunteer opinions . |
| 26 | He accepted the service as naturally , closing long , hard fingers on hers to read the hints they gave him . |