Example sentences of "[Wh pn] gave [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even they could consider themselves lucky compared with the shackled Italians torpedoed on the Arandora Star on their way to Canada , or other internees beaten and robbed on their way to Australia by British officers and NCOs on the Dunera who gave a pretty good imitation of Hitler 's Stormtroopers . |
| 2 | Intimidating , but not as much as a first meeting with the famous former amateur captain , Brian Sellars , who gave a severe look and a scornful : ‘ Na'then , you little Welsh bastard . ’ |
| 3 | The after dinner speaker was Professor Heinz Wolff , of Brunel University , who gave a witty and entertaining talk on the possible applications of chemistry to manned space travel . |
| 4 | The meeting was brought to a fitting climax by Professor Brian Johnson ( Edinburgh ) , who gave a highly entertaining lecture on how studies of metal clusters are providing an intriguing insight into the interfacial region between solution and solid state reactivity . |
| 5 | Some see it and have sound explanations , like one Magar lady in rural west central Nepal who gave a ten-minute lecture to me on the problems of the transference of fertility from forest to arable land , and changing uses of crop residues with increasing population pressure , that would have stood up well in a graduate seminar . |
| 6 | The speaker at the meeting was Mr. H. Ward , who gave a talk on Wild Flowers Abroad . |
| 7 | THE AWARD for meritorious service under adverse conditions at a scientific conference goes to Charles Weissman of the University of Zurich who gave a keynote address at the recent recombinant DNA congress in Philadelphia . |
| 8 | He was the one who gave a friendly smile and a cheery ‘ Good evening ’ . |
| 9 | The guest speaker was Miss Mary Thomas , who gave a very humorous and entertaining talk entitled ‘ The Dark House Venture ’ . |
| 10 | Chambers wrote of a mermaid who gave a lad medical advice for his sweetheart 's illness : |
| 11 | Dr Cox , 47 , who gave a dying patient a lethal injection , would not name the hospital yesterday . |
| 12 | And as midfielder Ian Crook , who gave a fine passing display against his old team says , the clubs most fancied to topple the Canaries — Villa , Manchester United , and Blackburn — have yet to visit Carrow Road . |
| 13 | The broadcaster who gave a complicated radio talk on a technical subject was wasting his time , for no one listened to him — a point which came over in interviews so often that it became indisputable . |
| 14 | WELL done to the judge who gave a mugger five years . |
| 15 | Bowe , who gave a masterful performance of boxing and punching skills , proved that there 's life after Mike Tyson . |
| 16 | SOON after leaving hospital following an urgent operation for cancer of the stomach I read about the ordeal of Dr Nigel Cox who gave a lethal injection to a suffering patient . |
| 17 | However , as the third week began in Croydon , Bates dispatched a series of home players , including Mark Petchey , Sean Cole ( avenging a previous defeat at the National Championships ) , Andrew Richardson ( who gave a fine performance reflecting future potential ) and Joelson . |
| 18 | Jim , who gave a lively impromptu speech after chairman , Hugh Jamieson had presented him with his award , was in typically dismissive mood about his own talents . |
| 19 | The professional man who gave a lower standard of service in necessitous cases , where his remuneration was little or nothing , would be regarded as an unworthy colleague by his professional brethren . |
| 20 | This last use was demonstrated on the stand at the Olympia show by a video recording of an avant garde Japanese artist who gave a synthesiser-dance concert using the system . |
| 21 | Who gave a toss what was happening out there ? |
| 22 | And he has appointed Mr Gergen , a long-time Renaissance man who gave a fine speech on the fragmentation of America at this year 's Hilton Head weekend , to a key position . |
| 23 | Hewett , who gave a very difficult chance to Briggs , who ran from cover point , fell to a wonderful catch at mid-on by Mold , who held the ball at the second attempt . |
| 24 | During her pregnancy , Priss had read a great deal about past mistakes in child rearing ; according to the literature , they were the result not only of ignorance , but of sheer selfishness : a nurse or a mother who gave a crying child paregoric usually did it for her own peace of mind , not wanting to be bothered . |
| 25 | In this case the familiar fraction was given by nearly 90 per cent of pupils who gave a correct answer . |
| 26 | Che Guevara , representing Cuba at the OAS conference at punta del Este in Uruguay , instigated a meeting with the US delegate Richard Goodwin , who gave a full account of the conversation in a memo for president Kennedy dated 22 August 1961 ( ( US Declassified , 1978 , 303A ) . |
| 27 | Among those who generously gave up their evening to help the NCH and perform on the tiny temporary stage were : Nerys Hughes , Angela Rippon , Susan Rees accompanied by May Parry ; Penelope Keith , Robert Powell , Tamsin Little , accompanied by Vanessa Latarche : Wayne Sleep who gave a perfect performance on a tiny stage ; he was accompanied by Mark Latimer ; young Xan Blacker , also accompanied by Vanessa Latarche , Cor Meibion Gwalia , and Shirley Anne Field . |
| 28 | More games followed , including a quiz in which anyone who gave a wrong answer had to remove an item of clothing : before long we were all left in nothing but our underpants . |
| 29 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 30 | The feeling intensified when she met Marshall who gave a knowing look and said : ‘ I expect you 're working for Mr Harbury . ’ |