Example sentences of "gave [pron] [noun sg] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gave them sympathy for the victims of the slave trade and slavery and , as the abolitionist John Bowring stressed , formed a strong bond of union between them . |
| 2 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Roffman and Purdy have quite rightly stressed that Vidor 's traditional populism gave him sympathy for the underdog , but prevented him from moving towards any collectivist political situation . |
| 5 | He gave his life for the King , because , as I entered , Detchard pulled himself free and drove his sword into the doctor 's side . |
| 6 | So people gave us money for the stamps that we put on and other people gave us donations . |
| 7 | They gave us ammunition for the guns , and many people were shot . " |