Example sentences of "had given [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt cornered , counted out by this cool precision , fighting for something which had given every sign of gracious flowering … from time to time . |
| 2 | Encouraged by his enthusiasm the people of Deogarh had given every rupee and paisa they could find to raise the share capital for the co-operative . |
| 3 | For Stenton , the half century before 716 when no Anglo-Saxon king had been able to establish more than a local ascendancy , had ‘ little significance in English political history ’ because it had given no promise of the great advance , as he saw it , towards the unity of England which was to be made by the Mercian kings before the end of the eighth century . |
| 4 | It was He who had instructed the animals to multiply ; He had given no instructions to the stars . |
| 5 | Major Tzann had given no sign , either physically or verbally , that he could relax . |
| 6 | Also , the tribunal referred in its reasons to the fact that the employee had convictions for similar offences in the past and the employer had given no warnings that repetition could lead to dismissal . |
| 7 | Sophie moreover actually had a job , had an income , which was beginning to be something of a pressing issue , inflation and the changing climate began to bite into their indifferent superiority to the outside world and they had given no thought as to how to fight that . |
| 8 | But one who had given no thought to love . |
| 9 | The Nationalist high command had disrupted the normal functioning of the country 's political , economic , cultural and social life , but had given no thought to the construction of alternative infrastructures and super-structures on their own organizational patterns . |
| 10 | She had invited several friends to lunch the next day , and she had given no thought to what to cook . |
| 11 | Fleming 's paper had given no details of Craddock 's work , and indeed was misleading about it . |
| 12 | Fortunately , today the rundown could be short , as Faye 's condition had given no cause for concern at all . |
| 13 | The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it . |
| 14 | The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it . |
| 15 | As that was a race in which Lotus , knowing that Fittipaldi was planning to leave , had given no team orders to Ronnie Peterson to be obliging to Fittipaldi , Ronnie won — as he could have done several times previously — and with Ronnie 's win , Fittipaldi was eliminated from the title race . |
| 16 | I had sent her a copy of my memoir , but her noncommittal letter of thanks had given no indication of whether she had read it . |
| 17 | Sony had given no indication they were working on — or intended to work on any electronic stills camera . ’ |
| 18 | Those warm-up games had given no indication of the glory to come . |
| 19 | In addition their father had told them that he wanted to speak to them in his study afterwards , and although he had given no indication what chastisement he planned , they knew from the severity of his expression that he was angrier than they had ever seen him before . |
| 20 | As a member of the Secret Committee of 1857 Rostovtsev had given no indication that he might turn into a keen reformer . |
| 21 | She was telling the truth ; Dana had given no hint of where they were going . |
| 22 | The sober red brick exterior of the building and the newly painted green double doors had given no hint of the chaos inside . |
| 23 | Here the husband had given a guarantee to the bank in support of advances by the bank to a third party . |
| 24 | All too typical , however , was Lord Keith 's remark in 1799 that he had given a lieutenant 's commission to ‘ the Duchess of Atholle 's friend Glen Geary … a heavy dog too ’ , while passing over a brighter but less well-connected midshipman . |
| 25 | A county spokesman did point out that the authority had given a £10,000 grant to the railway last year which went towards a footbridge at Medstead station . |
| 26 | The Commissioner had gone too far and had given a ruling that would have had the effect of preventing the Crown from leading evidence which , as a matter of law , was admissible . |
| 27 | Here was the women whose father he had unsuccessfully defended , to whom he had given a home and a job , who was supposed to be devoted to him . |
| 28 | This had given a couple of extra feet of clearance , but it had also left the steel ends of the support joists exposed . |
| 29 | He said that during his recent visit to Moscow , President Gorbachev had given a warning that the failure of East Germany 's reform process would not only destabilise the GDR but also have ‘ serious repercussions ’ for perestroika in the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | He said that during his recent visit to Moscow , President Gorbachev had given a warning that the failure of East Germany 's reform process would not only destabilise the GDR but also have ‘ serious repercussions ’ for perestroika in the Soviet Union . |