Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] gave we the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sister Marcus gave us the report with her sleeves rolled up .
2 When Sid Boyling gave us the light and waved us on , I read my brief prepared introduction and Mr Murray began : ‘ My friends , I speak to you from Melachusetuck , the old Indian name for Moose Jaw , and it is my pleasure to visit the studios of CHAB , your own community station , which your loyal support and encouragement over the years has made possible .
3 Jo Spence gave us the courage to open our own family albums , to remember the past , to acknowledge both the pleasure and the pain , and to celebrate the sublime , scruffy , misunderstood mystery of growing up female .
4 Marx was wrong , it is now claimed , when he asserted that the steam engine gave us the capitalist .
5 The '70s energy crisis gave us the world 's first solar-powered loudspeaker .
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