Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] and give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range .
2 This lasts for three terms and gives you one three hour evening class every week .
3 She wrote eighteen more novels , none of them distinguished or now read , enabling her to live alone in relative comfort for sixty years and to give her only son the best upper-class education that her country could provide at that time .
4 Botha equalised from 45 metres and gave his side the lead on 20 minutes with an identically tricky penalty .
5 It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship .
6 It was alleged by his widow that Thomas Flete , as agent of Clemens , ‘ … him feloniously slew and murdered and clove his head in four parties and gave him ten deadly wounds in his body and when he was dead they cut off one of his legs and one of his arms and his head from his body to make him sure ’ .
7 Merritt finished the MCC second innings off with figures of 7 for 28 off nine overs and gave his side a win by an innings and 122 runs , which showed the Kiwis could compete with the best in the land , and were hungry for greater success .
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