Example sentences of "gave the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Article could aid considerably the plight of upland broadleaved woods discussed in Chapter 9 but much evidence given to the House of Lords Select Committee on this item gave the proposal a very mixed reception . |
| 2 | He then gave the thief a lift to nearby Worthing . |
| 3 | Mrs. Norton , whose husband gave the Henley Ladies ' Club the trophy still known today as the Norton Cup , was to become the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 . |
| 4 | Critics , though , point to a mediocre record at club level — Harlequins ’ strength in depth has never been reflected in either their cup or league results — and to an England ‘ B ’ record that does not stand any sort of comparison with that of his famous predecessor , Alan Davies ( who England gave the boot ) . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ We gave the couple £40 a week between them and Mr Hannis was charging £165 a week . |
| 6 | October In 1991 , the council gave the scheme the go-ahead , and earmarked nine homes for closure . |
| 7 | It will mean giving up a lot and — ’ she gave the ghost of a smile — ‘ I know what that means . |
| 8 | She gave the ghost of a smile . |
| 9 | Enoch Gebler embraced his grandson , then took the boy inside , closing the door against Bobby , who gave the door a good kick and grinning , walked away . |
| 10 | And with that he left , making sure he gave the door a good hard slam as well . |
| 11 | He gave the door a strong push . |
| 12 | Eddie gave the door a shove and returned to her chair . |
| 13 | Regina della Scala , who built the church that gave the name to La Scala and was the wife of Bernabo , is also buried here . |
| 14 | The vicious force which was now her essence and to which she gave the name of hatred ( only this was too narrow and too petty a name to describe it ) was directed upon Jack : Jack on whom daily , as he looked at her sometimes so anxiously , so humbly , she smiled the smile of reassurance and of calm . |
| 15 | She gave the name of her father , who had recently retired with a substantial pension from a very senior appointment with a multi-national corporation . |
| 16 | The document gave the name Hans Richter and the occupation , surgeon . |
| 17 | Fedorov hesitated , then gave the name de Vries and an address in Utrecht . |
| 18 | It was within his own mode of religious discourse that he was made aware of the need to travel in a certain spirit and to think and act in accordance with specific religious and ethical criteria to which he gave the name Truth . |
| 19 | The woman , who gave the name Bernadette , said from their home in Tulse Hill , south London : ‘ Before all this was in the papers John told me he had served Mr Lamont . |
| 20 | Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address . |
| 21 | When he found this was n't good enough for the police , the result of speaking the truth being the lesser of two evils , he gave the name of a woman he had visited . |
| 22 | Beside it a grime encrusted board gave the name and address of the parish priest and the time of services , but there was nothing else to suggest that the door was ever opened . |
| 23 | Others say that the resemblance one notices is between sensations , and that what one means when one says something is white is that a sensation one has on looking at it resembles a sensation one has had before and to which one gave the name ‘ sensation of white ’ . |
| 24 | A supermarket chain gave the name Pemberley to its own brand of champagne . |
| 25 | Her mother answered the first call on February 2 when Cardwell gave the name Tara and asked Tricia to call her back . |
| 26 | THE BOUNDARY changes of 1974 gave the name of Tayside to what had been the counties of Perthshire , Kinross-shire and Angus ( which itself had once been known as Forfarshire ) , while Clackmannanshire and Stirlingshire became rather drably Central . |
| 27 | To this primitive meshwork Tillyard ( 1918b ) gave the name archedictyon . |
| 28 | Instead they gave the name of the current dynasty — which at the time was the Ch'in . |
| 29 | Then in 1983 and 1984 came the series of attacks to which Iran gave the name Val Fajr ( The Dawn ) . |
| 30 | A women , interviewed for a radio programme , gave the name of a Japanese soap opera heroine as her ideal woman . |