Example sentences of "[Wh pn] gave us " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll go over and ask the chap who gave us our instructions yesterday . |
| 2 | The man who gave us The Romans in Britain still knows how to make an audience feel uncomfortable . |
| 3 | He went there before you , as did your grandfather Cornelius Swift , who gave us the vases in the hallway and the stuffed baboon I had to throw out because of the fleas . |
| 4 | Leslie reported one such descent on their camp : ‘ This morning we had a visit from ‘ Boy ’ Browning [ G.O.C. , 1st Airborne Corps ] , who gave us a truly excellent talk , and then stayed to lunch . |
| 5 | Apart from Fedorov , that fellow who gave us the slip the other evening might turn up . ’ |
| 6 | The man who gave us the meson |
| 7 | Naturally , for the people who gave us oral fixation and penis envy , among other contributions to psycho-babble , this is far too simplistic an idea . |
| 8 | It was the capitalist who gave us the steam engine . |
| 9 | Nora Ephron , the New York screenwriter who gave us When Harry Met Sally , has taken this dynamite theme for another angst-ridden head-bang around the block . |
| 10 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
| 11 | That now , when perhaps we need Him most of all , we allow ourselves to be weaned away from He who gave us life ? |
| 12 | After that case was also adjourned , Chris , from Grantham , Lincs , said : ‘ I hope everyone who gave us presents does n't do the same . |
| 13 | I just hope everyone who gave us presents does n't do the same . |
| 14 | , writes : LIKE the duck that warned of air raids in Germany , we had a Manchester terrier who gave us a similar warning . |
| 15 | The man who gave us Big Black 's ‘ Songs About F—ing ’ . |
| 16 | A new wave in British sculpture set the art world here bussing during the last two decades of the 19th century when the status quo of classically austere , cold , funerary white marble was disturbed by the throbbing emotional statements of talented young men like Alfred Gilbert ( who gave us Eros in Piccadilly Circus ) George Frampton , Alfred Drury , Hamo Thorneycroft and others . |
| 17 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 18 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 19 | This was to see the Sadler 's Wells Royal Ballet dance Les Sylphides , and The Two Pigeons , at a performance commemorating the life and work of the late Sir Frederick Ashton , who gave us so many wonderful productions . |
| 20 | The five of us ate Jonjoli ( which tasted like seaweed with onion ) and chips and drank lots of Russian Manavi wine and chatted to several rowdy locals , who gave us bunches of flowers and told what they thought about living in Georgia . |
| 21 | For the first meeting of our 1990-91 winter programme our invited speaker was Mr Michael Parker of ‘ Centro ’ , the West Midlands Transport Executive , who gave us a fascinating insight into the planning , routes and probable operation of the intended West Midlands light rail system . |
| 22 | We must also make it crystal clear how much shopkeepers , who gave us so much flak when we introduced the business rate and the community charge , will now be paying . |
| 23 | The team who gave us SOUTH PACIFIC , OKLAHOMA , CAROUSEL , THE SOUND OF MUSIC and THE KING AND I are just some from the legacy of the best and most popular shows of the post-war era . |
| 24 | I do have to thank on behalf of my stewards ' committee er , Terry who gave us a lot of help and also the er , Regional Section who also helped us . |
| 25 | To the man who gave us Munich , the guilty man . |
| 26 | She may be 82 , but the woman who gave us the breathalyser is still going strong . |
| 27 | Here we single out Gilbert Clark , of St. Columba's-by-the-Castle , who gave us efficiency at last with his advance-planning and ingenious equipment , along with himself , heart and soul ; David Wright , now an old friend , and Shearer Borthwick , of Augustine Congregational Church , who came at 8 am and again at 2.30 pm each day , to help in so many ways ; and Duncan Curr , the new Chairman of Christian Aid/C.E.E.C. , from Dublin Street Baptist Church . |