Example sentences of "give [indef pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll give everyone a tractor , |
| 2 | That 'll give everyone a chance to rest and then we can swim across to those fields . " |
| 3 | A referendum on Maastricht would give everyone the opportunity both to understand it and to debate its implications themselves . |
| 4 | I understand the problems , but an armed intervention force would give everyone the opportunity to seek a political solution . |
| 5 | And why not give someone a treat by investing in a subscription to both magazines ? |
| 6 | I will surely give someone a heart attack … |
| 7 | ‘ I might give someone a ring . ’ |
| 8 | There 's not many men who are n't even relations that 'd give someone a record player for a wedding present . ’ |
| 9 | Is n't it usual to at least give someone the benefit of a hearing before passing judgement , Dr Grant ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't like anything that might give someone the idea to stick a poor fish in beer . |
| 11 | No but I mean you 'd gi maybe give somebody a bit of pleasure sorting them out . |
| 12 | No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying |
| 13 | So , while the ‘ angle of dangle ’ can give one a start in setting up a bridle , it should not be regarded as a universal solution . |
| 14 | Being master of a college does give one an opportunity to work with whatever forces already exist within the college in order to get things moving . |
| 15 | The navy says an accident would not give anybody a dose higher than the four millirems per year limit set for drinking water in the US . |
| 16 | I did n't give anybody a chance to hate me . |
| 17 | it was done in a very un-run way , because the notice , the notice was , was er it 'd be up about a couple of days and then it 'd come down , you see , so it did n't give anybody a lot of chance , but anyway now it 's been passed you see it goes ahead and that 's all there is to it , he , he has n't start doing it yet but |
| 18 | She was off into the scullery to stir the stew ; she was one of those women who will never give anybody the satisfaction of her undivided attention . |
| 19 | He did give everybody the run-around , but was wonderfully attractive and , indeed , still is . |
| 20 | would prefer that too er partly because it would give everybody an opportunity to look at the particular problem er in , in , in , in , in a shorter period of time , erm we are also cheered by the recent visit to England by the minister there Mr who made certain promises , I think it would be useful if Mr who a candidate at the meeting would reiterate his promises publicly today , thank you Chairman . |
| 21 | They do not give anyone a notice to quit . |
| 22 | One reason was that the Kuwaitis would n't give anyone a visa , except female print journalists . |
| 23 | Christopher Pitchford , QC , prosecuting , told the jury : ‘ Whatever their feelings were on the home of an elderly woman being broken into by a gang of drug-crazed teenagers , it did not give anyone the excuse to take the law into their own hands . ’ |