Example sentences of "it [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , and now let's see I used to have a file on this , but I might have passed it or given all the stuff away |
| 2 | Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won . |
| 3 | post it or give it her . |
| 4 | For what power was it that gave eagles power to fly across the sky , and then confined them to a cage ? |
| 5 | He was like a Greek god , except that his hair was black and the nose had a slight curve to it that gave his broad , open features a somewhat predatory look . |
| 6 | The five doors are clearly the five senses , the restless ape is the ego , but who is it that gives the order ‘ Half , ape ! ’ ? |
| 7 | I asked her , ‘ What is it that gives you the confidence to try things out ? ’ . |
| 8 | Piecemeal , we are beginning to build up a number of different techniques of analysis which will provide an answer to our initial problem : what is it that gives stretches of language in use their meaning and their unity ? |
| 9 | What is it that gives it its " existential uniqueness " ? |
| 10 | This is defined as : A state of visual acceptability , related to the absence of dirt , where the level of dirt remaining neither significantly impairs nor prevents the function of the area or equipment in it nor gives rise to contamination of food . |
| 11 | When the spirit parted from the body it found no one asking anything of it nor giving it any directions . ) |
| 12 | Most of the more used ones are marked on it and given a number but there are thousands that are n't . |
| 13 | A steering group , chaired by Sir Geoffrey Crowther ( and including among its members Sir William Holford ) , was appointed to act alongside it and to give an independent opinion on the recommendations of the study group , as they emerged . |
| 14 | If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it . |
| 15 | She unwound it and gave it to him . |
| 16 | He took off his glove , signed it and gave it to the boy . |
| 17 | When he finished , he kicked at the door , I opened it and gave him something to eat . |
| 18 | you could kill a pig if you kept , you kept half of it and gave |
| 19 | One simple word , and his voice caught on it and gave him away . |
| 20 | She contained it and gave no sign , for she was enlarged , as the night is by the moon . |
| 21 | Then one day a visitor called and gave me his card , so I just took it and gave it to the master in the drawing room . |
| 22 | I recently had some bad news and everyone helped me through it and gave me great support . |
| 23 | Fronting the object , on the other hand , foregrounds it and gives it local prominence ( cf. A great deal of publicity was received in China and A great deal of publicity the book received in China ) . |
| 24 | If you could see your way to writing the first chapters of an autobiography I would be honoured to read it and give you my thoughts on the subject . |
| 25 | Place a serving plate over the top of the terrine , invert it and give the top a tap . |
| 26 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |
| 27 | On that occasion an agreement was signed between the town council of Decin , the present owner of the castle and church , and representatives of the bishopric of Litomerice , Leitmeritz in German , which settled the future of the church : the town would repair it and give it into the care of the Catholic Church . |
| 28 | I think I went down to most people to say they ca n't , but when you point out something to them , they say yes I can see that , look there 's this as well and I think culturally er were led to believe if you do n't succeed in it , erm but in actual fact I think that you all do , but perhaps I think the books do , either assess it and give it value or , or still allow it to happen |
| 29 | Breaking up the surface is well worth avoiding , firstly to save it and give yourself another heavenly run tomorrow , and secondly because when your edges start to catch it 's not much fun to ski and can be dangerous . |
| 30 | They had received the reports in the Place of Healing , where the body lay in the courtyard , protected from the flies and the heat by wet wrappings , waiting for someone to claim it and give permission for an examination to begin , before it was taken to the embalmers . |