Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] gave [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 2 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 3 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 4 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 5 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 6 | The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives . |
| 7 | He took out his wallet and Reynolds gave him the parcel . |
| 8 | Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens . |
| 9 | And daddy gave you the family . |
| 10 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 11 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 12 | In the end , my coach , family and fiance gave me the support and encouragement to relax and go back out there and run . ’ |
| 13 | Morris , the Gloucester left wing , did not move to cover Swift as he sprinted across again from the right wing , so Swift was left with such a clear overlap when Guscott and Fallon gave him the ball that he was able to score unopposed . |
| 14 | ‘ That may well be so , ’ I answered , ‘ but Moodie gave me the cloth , so he must be the assassin . ’ |
| 15 | He was really upset about that , but Maastricht gave us the ability that we could ex have that in Britain on a majority decision . |
| 16 | Ruth never showed Rachaela anything — her art work , her homework or a book — but Rachaela gave her the use of the bookcase , overloaded now , and once or twice when money had been freer had bought Ruth books of fantastic art , Kay Nielsen , Vali Myers . |
| 17 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 18 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 19 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 20 | Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around . |
| 21 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 22 | He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’ |
| 23 | Munro sat at his desk in the Haston Place flat and listened intently as Carter gave him the gist of his conversation with Vargas . |
| 24 | We were chatting away when nurse gave us the news that George VI had died , everything went quiet , we forgot our worries and thought of Elizabeth . |