Example sentences of "to [art] [noun] and give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each morning her mother drew Emma 's attention to the chart and gave her a lot of praise and attention while she selected a sticker for her good behaviour . |
| 2 | In a few moments I 'd like to tell you briefly about the trading background to the figures and to give you an indication of how business has been since the period ended and particularly since our important sale started on Boxing Day . |
| 3 | Sticking her head out of the door , she summoned a nurse and got her to take the young man 's parents back to the interview-room and give them a cup of tea . |
| 4 | She pressed her nose to the window and gave him a wave . |
| 5 | Then he eased her back on to the chaise-longue and gave her a stern look . |
| 6 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 7 | At length these bitter fruits of sin , and a sense of dependency on his providence for the averting those dreadful consequences with which others were imminently threatened , brought me to the repentance and gave me a victory over those guilty passions by which I had been so long enslaved . |
| 8 | This description introduces us to the tramp and gives us a rough picture of him . |
| 9 | His passionate onslaught at the 1985 party conference against the Militants of Merseyside ( whom he accused of hiring taxis to hand out redundancy notices to their workers ) appealed to the unions and gave him new public stature . |
| 10 | Morton crossed to the cupboard and gave her the brown-paper parcel . |
| 11 | She went to the counter and gave her order , then as she sat down again , she said , ‘ I mean it , Sophie . |
| 12 | She came to the hospital and gave her details . |
| 13 | The council has lost the opportunity to demonstrate that the Community can respond to a crisis and give its policies on fisheries some credibility . |
| 14 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 15 | He said the men made Mrs Kennedy phone Ulster Television and ask for cameras but then agreed to speak to a priest and gave themselves up . |
| 16 | Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ? |