Example sentences of "of [art] [noun sg] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He 'll take you safely out of the country and give you a hundred thousand pounds . ’
2 When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs .
3 Soon she will come out of the shed and give her orders .
4 All I considered necessary was to simplify the design of the icon and give it a different colour scheme .
5 Hop on over to the end of the road and give her a tinkle .
6 But the big news of the day that gave everyone sleepless nights was the Cuba Missile Crisis .
7 give her the benefit of the doubt and give her a fair chance .
8 The Senate ( upper house ) rejected the key elements of the bill when giving it a first reading on March 22 , 1991 , and conciliation between the two houses failed to resolve the issue four days later .
9 Although there are several aspects of the proposal that give us cause for concern , we have concluded that , on balance , there are insufficient planning grounds on which to justify opposing the development .
10 The Driver in the case of a light engine then goes to the telephone to inform the Signalman each end of the tunnel and give them all particulars and if blocking both lines .
11 Do n't forget that it gives us another chance to make progress in Europe this season ; success for Linfield and of course Crusaders may yet lift us away from the bottom of the ladder and give us a chance of avoiding those detested preliminary rounds .
12 I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink .
13 But then , it 's a big difference between skiing abroad and you know , like staying somewhere like Cyprus skiing in Scotland , it 's true , but I mean , it 's like the first , I mean , my dad 's typical , sort of , get to the top of the hill and give you a good shove , you know , give you one time to go down a bit slowly and then after that you just get to the top ski downhill phhhh .
14 These advanced primates had large brains and eyes at the front of the face that gave them stereoscopic forward vision .
15 What , finally , is the vital , dynamic core of the community that gives it its uniquely distinctive character ?
16 But Felix Road was n't in the main town , nor yet on the outskirts ; it was situated to the north of the city and gave its name to the acres of housing that was home to the poor , the destitute , and the dregs of humanity .
17 The ‘ base communities ’ of Latin America know more than we do about hunger and sickness , but it is study of the Bible that gives them understanding and courage to demand justice in the name of the God of justice .
18 He was not wise in the affairs of the world , nor did he wish to be : he simply challenged the normal assumptions of the world and gave his attention to eternal truths and individual souls .
19 She got out of the bath and gave herself a mental shake as she quickly towelled herself dry .
20 Seeing how low she was , Anthony decided that she needed to get out of the house and gave her reluctant permission to spend half of each day in court .
21 Baldwin showed them some of the curiosities of the house and gave them tea in the Long Gallery , which lie described with more pride than accuracy as ‘ the finest room in England ’ .
22 They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles .
23 I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons .
24 The ordinary canons of construction require this court to look at the words of the section and to give them their plain and natural meaning .
25 That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue .
26 ‘ But Urban the Eighth took the bronze from the inside of the dome and gave it to Bernini so he could create a baldacchino — a canopy — for the papal altar in Saint Peter 's . ’
27 From the penalty spot , Rook drove into the corner for his second of the game and give his side a passage into the next round , a defeat that sees City 's interest in Cup games at an end for this season .
28 The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ?
29 Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival .
30 In multi-layered music , one or more layer can be an ostinato ( a repeated phrase which creates the background atmosphere of a piece and gives it unity and cohesion ) .
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