Example sentences of "gave them [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They took me to West End Central and , instead of telling them what had really happened , I gave them a story .
2 It gave them the pin for endless stories ; it gave them a myth .
3 Such as his momentous climb about Inter 's Colloveti in the Milan derby which gave them a goal to savour in that frenzied city .
4 Another couple of feet and Joey Beauchamp would have had a penalty , but the free kick gave them a goal with Mike Ford supplying the header .
5 Cup draw gave them a home tie with Scarborough .
6 Once the French had worked out the tactic , it gave them a chance to run the ball back at us .
7 At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance .
8 Gave them a chance to test themselves .
9 ‘ Sometimes , your actions are utterly thoughtless without any knowledge of consequences , ’ he muttered , turning her to the side of the room , where a long bench gave them a chance to sit .
10 We gave them a sheet of paper which said what we were , what we 're doing , and said please , if you want any help in any of those areas , just tick the box , and if you do n't want any help , tick this little box , and that 's what they had to fill in .
11 This gave them a cushion of safety but often meant that the opposition found it easier to make space in midfield .
12 Foujita , the Japanese artist , swore that the dealer bought the artists drinks and gave them a contract to sign when they were drunk .
13 Now you could say that was perhaps maintenance , but it 's all been cleaned , it 's been repointed , there are new lanterns , they 've done all the paintwork and they made such a beautiful job of it , it 's really almost for the craftsmanship and the care that we gave them a certificate for that as well .
14 It gave them a bit of shade .
15 Shocked them out of their complacency , gave them a bit of opposition .
16 I mean National Grid gave them a bit of cable .
17 Gave them a bit of chicken .
18 Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine !
19 Henry VI gave them a court leet in 1451 , which concerned itself largely with the minor social offences common to any medieval town ; poor-quality weaving and leaving dead animals lying about the streets seem to have occurred fairly commonly .
20 Rex gave them a shake .
21 The single median fins down the mid-line of their backs or undersides prevented them from spinning in the water and gave them a degree of stability , but none had paired lateral fins .
22 I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane .
23 They could have told you what they meant by them and they gave them a currency in terms of their own conduct .
24 Their identification with the Liberal , self-help , individualistic Victorian creed and their coupling of this with the Christian gospel gave them a bond with their congregations .
25 I gave them a sense of pride .
26 By showing them that they mattered to Him as people He gave them a sense of dignity and released them from their captivity .
27 Whatever it was , it gave them a sense of reverence , and services in these little churches always had a great spirit of worship .
28 Made them envy the lucky swells who would be escorting her to nightclubs and restaurants , but also gave them a sense that she was n't stuck up , that she was a genuine person .
29 We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff .
30 We had it organised so that when people contacted us in the first instance , we gave them a menu of mods that we would do , depending on what the customer wanted .
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