Example sentences of "[Wh pn] gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus , who gave himself for you |
| 2 | Like many of the heroes of his novels — notably Moira , recently reissued in English by Quartet Books — he is someone who gave himself over to pleasure in his youth , travelling endlessly in search of new sensations , both enslaved to sensuality and contemptuous of it — in his own words , ‘ crucified by sex ’ . |
| 3 | Hercegovina achieved a degree of autonomy under Stevan Vukšić , who gave himself the title Duke ( 'Herceg' ) of St Sava ( 1448 ) in honour of the Serbian royal saint of the thirteenth century . |
| 4 | Almighty God , our heavenly Father , infinite in wisdom , love and power : have compassion on those for whom we pray ; and help us to use all suffering in the cause of your kingdom , through him who gave himself for us on the cross , Jesus Christ , Your Son and our Lord , |
| 5 | Markus Wolf , the former head of East German intelligence from 1958 to 1987 who gave himself up in 1991 [ see p. 38447 ] , was charged on Sept. 24 with treason , espionage and corruption . |
| 6 | The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This terminal damage to the airfield met with the approval of many local residents , who gave their support to the project . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They are the people who gave their best ten years ago , and for whom nothing is good enough now . |
| 21 | On paper , Olympia & York still looked like a good thing to the institutions who gave their money . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Jim said : ‘ We would like to thank everyone who gave their money and encouragement . ’ |
| 29 | There are coats of arms all around the Chamber of hon. Members who gave their lives for peace in Europe . |
| 30 | 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 . |