Example sentences of "give [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Let us resolve that we will give something during the coming months , even if it is only something that we no longer need , to help those who are hungry and in desperate need .
2 A few examples will give something of the flavour of the times : Even sober-minded mathematical modellers fell under the spell , as witness the mathematician J. S. Griffith who had helped Watson and Crick solve DNA back in the early 1950s , writing jointly with one of the doyens of biochemistry , Henry Mahler , and offering what they called , for reasons I have never quite understood , a ‘ DNA ticketing theory of memory ’ .
3 are going to be those that will give something to the school , rather than simply be an appointment just for some stature .
4 An estimated 4,000 crowd , with some being accommodated on the top deck of four double deck buses , saw Dunvant give everything in a spirited display .
5 Thought I ca n't give one without the other .
6 Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there .
7 All in all , FastLynx is an impressive package of well thought out programs that will give anyone with a need for its facilities a comprehensive resource for file transfer and pseudo-networking .
8 God does n't give anything to the idle !
9 I 'd give anything for a sight of you in your pleasant civilian dress , and even the ‘ digs ’ would seem a veritable palace , compared with sand , and ragged Arabs , and khaki-drill shorts .
10 They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy .
11 ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea .
12 Confusion was muddling her responses , putting up barriers where she 'd give anything for a free and open path forward …
13 Collectors would give anything for the chance to hear him project his art to us from the clarity of a recording studio .
14 I 'd give anything in the world to undo that quarrel with her ! ’
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