Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] gave [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But he kept your secret , Pamela , and would not own that you gave any encouragement to his addresses . |
2 | A few opposed the proposals on the ground that they gave international sanction to an undemocratic regime , but it was the more nationalist elements which were particularly vocal , and there was a broad measure of support for their sentiments . |
3 | There were different kinds of customary tenure , but they had in common the fact that they gave some protection to the unfree man against arbitrary expropriation . |
4 | What constitutes the novelty of the Hellenistic age is that it gave international circulation to ideas , while strongly reducing their revolutionary impact . |
5 | It also held East Indian bonds , and the fact that it gave substantial mortgages on land has led Dickson to suggest that to an extent it was diverting funds derived from industry and trade towards the landed interest . |
6 | Its advantage was that it worked , in that it gave some hope of understanding why chemical compounds behave as they do ; and it did open the way to symbolizing chemical reactions . |
7 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
8 | The terrorist might say that he gave sufficient warning of the bomb for the area to be cleared , and that it was unforeseeable that a deaf person should remain on the premises and be killed in the explosion , which was intended only to cause damage . |