Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] and 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 | give her the benefit of the doubt and give her a fair chance . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | She got out of the bath and gave herself a mental shake as she quickly towelled herself dry . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 ’ . |
16 | They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue . |
20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
21 | 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 . |