Example sentences of "[pron] gave this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave this approach this title following a pamphlet which reproduces a lecture given by the English Anglican bishop of high church disposition John Austin Baker to a conference of the Movement for the Ordination of Women.l8 I believe that it is ( in less thought-out form ) widely followed by proponents of the ordination of women , perhaps of a less radical variety , and certainly I would think that it appeals to many men . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's about what faith , courage and the judicial system can do , because nobody gave this kid the time of day about this case , ’ he added . |
| 3 | for example , the Act says that governors are to be responsible for disciplinary procedures for staff , and a collective agreement which gave this function to the LEA could therefore not apply . |
| 4 | The next extracts provide some explanation of the social context which gave this distinction such a high profile . |
| 5 | They come into the theatre , it 's like our home , and they sit there saying , ‘ Oh , she 's absolutely not a Tatyana ’ , or ‘ Can you imagine what kind of leadership is in our theatre — who is the idiot who gave this lady the role of Aida ? ’ . |
| 6 | He was the only subject who gave this pattern of judgments . |
| 7 | The woman who gave this account thereafter changed her established way of life to become an activist in the Greenham Common protest against the siting there of cruise missiles . |
| 8 | In the event it was not going to be Auguste who gave this information but Naseby 's own sergeant , who burst in with the news that the Cowes harbour master had telephoned to announce the arrival of the yacht Osborne with the Prince of Wales aboard . |
| 9 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |
| 10 | That was quite a performance you gave this evening . ’ |
| 11 | We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose . |
| 12 | ‘ It was the last Formula Three race of the season and we gave this Brazilian Ayrton Senna da Silva a drive , ’ he said . |
| 13 | After rubbing down and applying a one-step primer and undercoat we gave this set of drawers a modernist look by painting different sections in a variety of bright , matt colours . |
| 14 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone , ’ he said . |
| 16 | And there then this was discontinued in they gave this beer to keep for lack of exercise keep them regular . |
| 17 | What gave this man the right to speak to people like he did ! |