Example sentences of "they [adv] gave [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1446 to 1448 the French spared no effort to bring about the surrender of Maine which those Englishmen holding Le Mans , its capital , refused to carry out until , in March 1448 , they finally gave way . |
| 2 | They also gave Gateway the go-ahead for a supermarket outside the retail area and allowed offices in Elder Road to be turned into retirement apartments near a nightclub . |
| 3 | These provisions gave rise to uncertainty largely because the courts showed a marked reluctance to interpret them according to the ordinary meaning of such words as ‘ void , and they also gave rise to injustice because under the Common Law an infant could still sue an adult upon a contract unenforceable against himself and incapable of ratification by him . |
| 4 | Some 400 million years ago , they found ways of surviving out of water and made such a success of life in their new surroundings that they ultimately gave rise to the most numerous and diverse group of all land animals , the insects . |
| 5 | What if they accidentally gave birth to something as gorgeous and life-affirming as Betty Boo 's ‘ Where Are You Baby ? ’ would they let this deformed abomination live ? |