Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pos pn] [noun] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard moves his fingers over the smoothness of the smooth facets , the complex texture of the hatched ones , scarcely able to absorb the pleasure that their alternation gives him . |
| 2 | But despite his confidence in Kylie and his willingness to give her complete control over her shows , Bush was turned down . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure that was a better lunch than my father gave you in Rouen . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Bearing in mind that it will be Ian McGeechan 's last game as Scotland coach , it 's a perfect setting for Gavin and his side to give him a fitting send-off , ’ said Best , who will be taking a video of the Murrayfield game back with him and will spend this week poring over it , looking at both the performances of Scotland and potential Lions . |
| 5 | But the fowl were irritated by this invasion of their hut and their clucking gave her away . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps that 's because it was a private home until its owner gave it to the National Trust . |
| 7 | Lecture after lecture , accompanied by complaints about the futility of lectures and his reluctance to give them . |
| 8 | This is a play in which the priggish young hide their emotions while their elders give themselves up to extremes of passion . |
| 9 | I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that . |
| 10 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 11 | Although this has the weight of patristic authority behind it , Hilton very simply outlines the bare essentials of the story and its interpretation giving it particular emphasis to highlight implications peculiarly relevant to the noble lord . |
| 12 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 13 | Naturally , my father would have felt this loss keenly ; but to make matters worse the usual comfort a father has in these situations — that is , the notion that his son gave his life gloriously for king and country — was sullied by the fact that my brother had perished in a particularly infamous manoeuvre . |
| 14 | ‘ Though your mother wore the ring every day after my father gave it to her , Maria noticed that her hand was bare when she left . ’ |
| 15 | Make your title search four or five days or a week before completion ( five days if you think there may be a pending registration ) , to enable you to complete well within the period of priority that your search gives you — but remember that to gain full protection you must not only complete the purchase within that period , as with unregistered title , but must also within the same period lodge your application to register the transfer or mortgage . |
| 16 | After that they can be taken out on the parade ground in daylight to learn the basic commands that their mahouts give them . |
| 17 | I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre . |
| 18 | A PILOT called Randy went into a tailspin when his girl-friend gave him the elbow . |
| 19 | Kitty Butterwick and her team give their verdict on the commercially made options to end the traditional Christmas meal |
| 20 | Just how successful Reagan was as governor of California has , not surprisingly , been the subject of dispute , with his supporters exaggerating his achievements and his opponents giving him less than his due . |
| 21 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 22 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |
| 23 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , he would do what he could to help her , and would frankly face the fact that her presence gave him enormous pleasure . |
| 25 | One formed the impression that its editor gave his readers what he thought they ought to read rather than what they might want or enjoy . |
| 26 | Going through a right you 're using your right side to feel the traction and your left to give you traction . |