Example sentences of "gave this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as late as 1984 , the Revd Francis Heydon , the then Third Grand Principal of Grand Lodge , gave this interpretation . |
| 2 | On the right of the path Halling field is continued and when we get to the Plough there is a building shown behind the inn and this is most certainly the dwelling that gave this field its old name Burnt House field . |
| 3 | This had been Baxter 's privilege until , one day , Mr. Owen gave this position to his rival . |
| 4 | They come into the theatre , it 's like our home , and they sit there saying , ‘ Oh , she 's absolutely not a Tatyana ’ , or ‘ Can you imagine what kind of leadership is in our theatre — who is the idiot who gave this lady the role of Aida ? ’ . |
| 5 | The grapheme is the dominant unit ( since , although most — ead words do not have ‘ ee ’ pronunciation , a large majority of the subjects gave this pronunciation ) but not the only one . |
| 6 | What gave this man the right to speak to people like he did ! |
| 7 | I gave this approach this title following a pamphlet which reproduces a lecture given by the English Anglican bishop of high church disposition John Austin Baker to a conference of the Movement for the Ordination of Women.l8 I believe that it is ( in less thought-out form ) widely followed by proponents of the ordination of women , perhaps of a less radical variety , and certainly I would think that it appeals to many men . |
| 8 | It was the opposition of the clergy that gave this resistance of the privileged orders a country-wide leadership and a cause equal in emotive appeal to the myth of the sovereign people . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's about what faith , courage and the judicial system can do , because nobody gave this kid the time of day about this case , ’ he added . |
| 10 | One of his friends gave this description of one of his typical escapades : |
| 11 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone , ’ he said . |
| 13 | We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose . |
| 14 | for example , the Act says that governors are to be responsible for disciplinary procedures for staff , and a collective agreement which gave this function to the LEA could therefore not apply . |
| 15 | BILLY BRAGG , who has also offered his support to the MAS campaign , gave this response : ‘ This is typical of the BBC to try and wriggle out of it . |
| 16 | We have seen that Jesus gave this Spirit to his disciples in virtue of , and subsequent to , his death and resurrection . |
| 17 | Wilcox gave this noun a solemn emphasis . |
| 18 | That was quite a performance you gave this evening . ’ |
| 19 | David Goodman , son of Monty and also a director , gave this account in an interview ( conducted by the staff of Canning Town Community Development Project ) in January 1975 . |
| 20 | The woman who gave this account thereafter changed her established way of life to become an activist in the Greenham Common protest against the siting there of cruise missiles . |
| 21 | At first the party supported the policy of non-intervention , advocated by the French and British governments in August 1936 , and gave this policy its cautious support at its conference in October 1936 . |
| 22 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |
| 23 | Many Members also continued to think that the rules were too restrictive — about half of those questioned in an IBA survey gave this reaction . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the last Formula Three race of the season and we gave this Brazilian Ayrton Senna da Silva a drive , ’ he said . |
| 25 | The German co-producers were shocked when they found that the contract for Melancholia gave this right to the BFI , since in Germany final cut is almost always given to the director . |
| 26 | And there then this was discontinued in they gave this beer to keep for lack of exercise keep them regular . |
| 27 | Scotland Yard press bureau gave this information to a journalist ; he deduced who had been arrested and printed a libellous story . |
| 28 | In the event it was not going to be Auguste who gave this information but Naseby 's own sergeant , who burst in with the news that the Cowes harbour master had telephoned to announce the arrival of the yacht Osborne with the Prince of Wales aboard . |
| 29 | After rubbing down and applying a one-step primer and undercoat we gave this set of drawers a modernist look by painting different sections in a variety of bright , matt colours . |
| 30 | The next extracts provide some explanation of the social context which gave this distinction such a high profile . |