Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the total estimated annual operating costs of Trident for the first five years of operation . |
| 2 | Once when I was in design and technology class , I asked him to give me a screw and he said , ‘ See me after school and I 'll give you one . ’ |
| 3 | These examples will not immediately take you to being chairperson of ICI but they will give you personally , as well as potential employers , a more positive image of you as a candidate in an interview . |
| 4 | Shabby streets scattered with litter , full of houses where they 'd give you a bed and a bowl of cereal for a fiver , no questions asked . |
| 5 | Does the Minister accept that a local authority such as Bradford , which tries to provide a wide range of discretionary awards , is inevitably limited by the amount of money that it can give ? |
| 6 | However , they do not give doctors legal justification for a particular course of action but they may give them greater moral authority ’ . |
| 7 | One moment of confusion and he might give someone away , or incriminate himself . |
| 8 | Sabotage can break the rhythm of work and it can give workers the feeling of having some control over their work situation , however slight . |
| 9 | After the usual social exchanges we got down to business explaining the range of counselling that we could give and the various reasons why we thought it was important to ‘ talk about it ’ . |
| 10 | I wish to explore those proposals , lay bare the dangers which lurk beneath them and identify the threat not only to parliamentary representation from Scotland in this House but to the economic well-being of Scotland if the Labour party were ever in a position to exercise in Scotland the kind of powers that it would give to such an assembly . |
| 11 | Mr Kinnock 's motions says : ‘ This House , recalling the clear undertakings given by David Montgomery to Mirror staff when he became chief executive of MGN that he would give the group 's editors freedom to edit and not interfere with the editorial and political direction of the papers , deplores the actions which forced the departure of Alastair Campbell … |
| 12 | It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know . |
| 13 | However , she can not control every aspect of government and she will give up some of her authority to , for example , the Chancellor of the Exchequer where financial matters are concerned . |
| 14 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 15 | The 18 neighbours of an animal are the 18 different kinds of children that it can give rise to , and the 18 different kinds of parent from which it could have come , given the rules of our computer model . |
| 16 | Compare this with the value of £100,000,000 netted in 1985 , which included 317kg. of heroin and it will give some idea of the growth rate and size of the problem we were tackling . |
| 17 | Well he said can I , can you get me three erm Walnut Whips for Mrs and I 'll give you money ? |
| 18 | Project Managers are freed from direct responsibility for staff so they can give their attention to the effective management of their project . |
| 19 | Now yes this is very very welcome indeed , but I do see it Mr Chairman in the experience of the past and that really with the hard work that you both have put in as a piece of paper it is now in the computer as far as I can see and I think there is a term now within agriculture and I will give you an example of this and I think it now , it may apply I think to our road system particular particularly in the north , north Suffolk , yeah I think the term is set-aside , and I hope that some time central government will acknowledge that within this eastern region certainly the Lowestoft area and Waking area we have very great problems , because these pieces of jigsaw do not come into the full picture , they 're put in place now and then and later and in apparent it is giving us a very great problem certainly within the last |
| 20 | Whatever publishers ' position on the question of ‘ partner or competitor ’ , Richard Heath , of Heath Educational Book Supplies , stressed that ‘ booksellers are not asking for favouritism , we simple need a level playing field ’ , and , he warned , ‘ Publishers like Heinemann Educational , who attempt to gain market share for key national curriculum titles by offering schools 20 , 25 , 33 or even 50% discount for buying direct , can not then expect the same support from booksellers as we will give to publishers who show commitment to booksellers . ’ |
| 21 | so if you had a date in November that you could give me , time to get people together |
| 22 | I mean I can take a form up to the porters in Goodricke and they 'll give me a key to a minibus . |
| 23 | PUT your wedding list with Mulberry Hall in York and they 'll give you a wedding present too a small Stuart crystal rose bowl . |
| 24 | After all , why talk in English when you can give yourself a little challenge ? |
| 25 | I 'll have you to a widow in recompense that you should give me thanks for and make you seven years younger , and a rich one . |
| 26 | You can come in on Saturday and I 'll give it you then . ’ |
| 27 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 28 | As John Major contemplates on the way to Washington whether he should give support to the US plan , he should bear the following in mind . |
| 29 | It explained his interest in Heather 's disappearance as well as his offer of money to Harry if he could give him a story . |
| 30 | ‘ His age is not a problem because I 've never been afraid to take a gamble on players and he could give us another option . ’ |