Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun prp] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relieved , the Prince of Wales gave his assent to a portion of kidneys handed to him by Sir Thomas . |
| 2 | The University of York gave his name to its chemical library and created some Whinfield travelling fellowships . |
| 3 | A quick flick of a comb through her hair — there was no hat to accessorise this dress — she reached for the crocodile clutch bag and moved towards the doorway for Arlene to give her a quick check before she stepped out onto the catwalk again . |
| 4 | What message would my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire give us to take back to our constituents in the light of recent research showing that nearly 200 of the top British firms believe that the best way to increase unemployment and inflation and decrease investment would be the calamity of a Labour Government ? |
| 5 | The folk at Fanmore gave them a good fight last week , and drove them off with five men dead , and they 've not been seen since . |
| 6 | The provost of Glasgow gave her a nickname . |
| 7 | The walk from the campsite near Hrabusice gave us a real taste of Paradise . |
| 8 | ‘ The job in Brunei gives me the chance to manage rather than be in the background . ’ |
| 9 | Certainly there can be no denying the fact that at Abernethy the King of Scotland gave his son Duncan as hostage to the King of England . |
| 10 | I was delighted that the people of Britain gave him such a marvellous reception . |
| 11 | Afterwards , the people of Haworth gave him a gold watch . |
| 12 | Two BBC World Service broadcasts at the end of the week with Patrick giving his assessment of the Conference . |
| 13 | The Amir of Qatar gave her a pear-shaped pearl , a gold necklace and the ultimate prezzie , ‘ a bowl of lapis lazuli , mounted on two prancing gold horses , themselves being diamond encrusted . ’ |
| 14 | Kewenig has persuaded the state of Berlin to give him DM 11 million ( nearly £3 million ) to ‘ establish some centres of excellence , and attract more first class researchers to Berlin ’ . |
| 15 | Kingsley Barrett , the Methodist , whom Ramsey had chosen for the faculty at Durham , wrote of his belief that a special providence must watch over the Church of England to give them at least some good bishops in spite of the deplorable method of their appointment . |
| 16 | The teaching of Deuteronomy and the theology of the stories of Jericho and Ai and the rest ( for the book of Joshua gives us lists of cities put to the ban ) are also understandable in terms of ancient conduct of war in that part of the world , or with regard to our own contemporary warfare and religious belief and practice . |
| 17 | Their strictures on the ‘ maximalism ’ of the Bolsheviks , on the ‘ premature ’ nature of the October revolution , and on the backwardness of Russia gave them a broad area of common ground with the liberal view . |
| 18 | As Minton 's letters reveal , he chatted with her about his visits to Bristol to make advertisement drawings for the Imperial Smelting Corporation ( Colour Plate VII ) , about Michael Ayrton 's ‘ maddening ’ article , ‘ Picasso , Master of Pastiche ’ in Penguin New Writing and about Geoffrey Grigson 's Samuel Palmer : the Visionary Years which the students at Camberwell gave him when he left in December 1947 : What is absent in Minton 's letters to Edie Lamont is any hint of his riotous social life . |
| 19 | A fly on the dressing room wall suggests Alex Miller was furious with his players ' performance but the trip to Glasgow gives them a chance to atone . |
| 20 | Certainly a visit to the plains of Africa gives one an immediate impression of how conspicuous the stripes are and how easy it is to spot a herd of zebra in almost any terrain . |
| 21 | The House of Lords gave its decision against " The Sunday Times " in July 1973 , and the European Court did not declare that decision a breach of the Convention until April 1979 — a delay of almost six years . |