Example sentences of "[noun] when [pers pn] gave [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added .
2 Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ .
3 Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back .
4 ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’
5 FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo .
6 She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening .
7 The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice .
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