Example sentences of "as [noun prp] give " in BNC.

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1 The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area .
2 Then they scattered , yelling , as Ben gave a jump towards them , shouting on a laugh , ‘ Yes ! but they can run . ’
3 She had not had as many men as Karen gave her credit for , there was an element of blarney in all that , but there 'd been quite a number , had n't there ?
4 produce the appropriate sentences as LH gives the substitution items in random order
5 The courtroom fell silent as Dr gave his evidence .
6 Not one to remember , as Cambridge gave them the run around .
7 Northop snub as Flint give youth a fling
8 Finally she solved the problem by agreeing to let Ted do it provided none of us told Mum and as long as Ted gave Jean a full report at the end of each day on what precisely was going on between Dad and Eva .
9 I hope you 're not going to give me as much trouble as Puck gave to the lovers in the play , ’ Lucenzo murmured , a sliver of steel-tipped menace in his tone .
10 As for Margaret — well — ’ She paused , not wanting to be disloyal , then continued as Rune gave her a quick nod of encouragement .
11 In 1405/6 it is given as Forsshey , in 1408/9 as Forshay ( the same spelling as Reaney gives for John fl .
12 He was fading away ‘ like the old soldier in the ballad , an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty . ’
13 West Ham 0 Southampton1 THE SENSE of hope that was beginning to grip Upton Park proved to be a false dawn as Southampton gave West Ham an extra shove towards the Second Division .
14 The reason , as Nebamun gave it , fell too pat .
15 Munro sat at his desk in the Haston Place flat and listened intently as Carter gave him the gist of his conversation with Vargas .
16 Arsenal are believed to be watching the situation closely and are set to make their move as soon as Sampdoria give them the signal .
17 Alice screamed with laughter as Fernie gave her a jerk which pulled her forward so hard that her left shoe stayed behind , its heel bedded deep in the grass verge .
18 Just as Rachel gave Hollywood an inkling of his class , and Desert Rats reassured them as to his reliability , The Robe showed that he could almost carry what were really the worn-out carcases of a clapped-out era .
19 ‘ How did it go ? ’ she asked me , as Rozanov gave her an especially tender hug .
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