Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] give the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard agreed to give the shop a second chance and hired Jean Revers . |
| 2 | Kevin Grogan and Sean Healy helped to give the young ‘ Cats ’ the midfield cream but their forwards were forced to work hard for their scores . |
| 3 | As in the case of Cubism , Apollinaire tried to give the word as much of an all-inclusive meaning as possible : ‘ Orphism has already been talked about a great deal . |
| 4 | On 7 November he was made justiciar of north Wales for life in place of Hastings to whom Warwick had given the office in the previous August . |
| 5 | On 7 November he was made justiciar of north Wales for life in place of Hastings to whom Warwick had given the office in the previous August . |
| 6 | Even a break-in ( 17 June 1972 ) at the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Building in Washington failed to give the McGovern campaign real momentum . |
| 7 | By the time they were on board Turner had given the pilot the co-ordinates . |
| 8 | She knew at once what he meant to do , for Aunt Liti had given the girls in camp enough warnings about the local gentry . |
| 9 | In 1696 Louis agreed to give the duke the title of " Royal Highness " in all public acts and to treat his representatives in France as those of a monarch . |
| 10 | The dormer windows faced a high wall which hid railway storerooms and repair sheds , but the absence of dwellings on that side of Celtic Crescent helped to give the wider roadway an open aspect . |
| 11 | But Brook had given the volunteer a passage from Peter Weiss ' play on Auschwitz , which recounted with great clarity a description of the dead . |
| 12 | And Broadman had given the foreigner some coins . |
| 13 | The USSR had given the appearance of supporting the plan of the United Nations ' negotiator . |
| 14 | Maybe what I was saying was n't so very different from what Old Mother Walsh had given the troops all those years ago . |
| 15 | Ilie Dumitrescu had given the Romanians the lead with a close-range shot in the 19th minute . |
| 16 | This was the third year running that Booker Fitch had given the award to students on the HCIMA course , and it attracted the greatest number of entries to date . |
| 17 | Becky Crisp and Gill Sargent made some vital interceptions and Tracy Farrar continued to give the shooters a good service . |
| 18 | A week 's issue was missed after a spate of illness and walk-outs and eventually IPC agreed to give the paper its head and sanction a move to Carnaby Street . |
| 19 | The BBC planned to give the film a third airing on what would have been the admiral 's eightieth birthday , and when this became known we were approached by Lord Brabourne , Mountbatten 's son-in-law , to say that his cousin Prince Charles who , as everyone knew , adored his uncle , wanted to pay him a personal tribute . |
| 20 | That apart , South Africa did give the best two sides in the world a game . |
| 21 | An arrow shot almost accidentally by the Bishop of Bradford had given the press an excuse to break their self-imposed conspiracy of silence and bring the whole matter into the public domain . |
| 22 | In the primary or literal sense of the words it was , but since the machine was not working under power and was only in temporary motion for necessary adjustment , the House of Lords chose to give the words the secondary meaning of ‘ mechanical propulsion . ’ |
| 23 | In a script worthy of an Oliver Stone conspiracy movie , officials of the government trying permanently to corner Noriega emerged to give the accused his best character evidence . |
| 24 | Graham Stamper and Mick Jones scored their goals in the first half , after Dean Ashton had given the home side an early lead . |
| 25 | Sandy had given the boat a hefty kick before collapsing on the beach in stitches . ’ |
| 26 | In four years , Famous Players-Lasky had given the go-ahead to only one screenplay from a British writer . |
| 27 | Burnley came from behind to beat Stockport 2-1 at Edgeley Park and could thank their new signing Ron Futcher for the equaliser after Edwards had given the home side the lead . |
| 28 | In this case , however , since the post itself was unattractive , it appears that Sim decided against accepting a place which might have necessitated his abandoning his other and more profitable place of procurator-fiscal , for in the end the Duke of Montrose had to give the commission to a member of the burgh council , although subject to recall in the event of any difficulty . |
| 29 | Next Saturday sees the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown but what a difference from last year when the much vaunted head to head between the Derby winners Dr Devious and St Jovite helped give the race no end of publicity . |
| 30 | Next Saturday sees the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown but what a difference from last year when the much vaunted head to head between the Derby winners Dr Devious and St Jovite helped give the race no end of publicity . |