Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My sister Mary gave him the stable name ‘ Arthur ’ . |
| 2 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My lord fitzAlan gave me his escort to Winchester , ’ she tried again , cautiously . |
| 4 | The loss of my daughter Suzy gave me good reason to do what I 'm doing and I have nothing to lose . |
| 5 | And I think I could persuade my bank manager to give us a loan . ’ |
| 6 | My brother Ifor gave me a beautiful bicycle — hub-braked and dynamoed , a thing of beauty and a joy for a couple or three years . |
| 7 | Such doubts as exist stem from the power which curriculum control gives to the curriculum designers ( a topic to which I will return in later chapters ) . |
| 8 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 9 | They said that although Strathclyde had advanced and innovative policies in many areas of race equality , their research findings gave ‘ a clear signal ’ that far greater resources needed to be allocated to this area . |
| 10 | They said that although Strathclyde had advanced and innovative policies in many areas of race equality , their research findings gave ‘ a clear signal ’ that far greater resources needed to be allocated . |
| 11 | On the contrary , nothing from our coverage of the Communist party and its Peace Committee gave us grounds to suspect that they were manipulating C.N.D. |
| 12 | Their occupants had failed to find land or position and stood on station platforms calling on their westbound fellows to give up and turn back . |
| 13 | The company has been touring the play around Gloucestershire encouraging their evening audiences to give their reaction right after each performance . |
| 14 | He pointed out the illusory nature of much of the growth in the gross national product to which war economy gave rise , and to the fact that it masked a decline in real wealth . |
| 15 | Her record card gives no clear understanding of her AAF service , the first entry seemingly indicating a transfer from Bell Aircraft to the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics ( NACA ) facility at Cleveland , Ohio on April 19 , 1945 . |
| 16 | As buildings have been closed their title deeds giving the names , places of residence , occupations and an indication as to whether trustees could sign their names , have been dispersed . |
| 17 | If you must , have a television in the room , but it is best not to watch it for too long , as the warmth of the set makes its plastic components give off fumes . |
| 18 | Society still needs a large number of its adult citizens to give caring for others a higher priority than a conventional career . |
| 19 | No doubt British Rail and Royal Mail could improve their performance indicators given unlimited inputs . |
| 20 | Not only does it form a part of the dominant beliefs of catholic nationalists , but their state form gives catholic social teaching coercive and hegemonic support . |
| 21 | Later Ramsey used to mock the complacency of clergymen who said that their training college gave them habits of devotion ‘ which they had never lost ’ . |
| 22 | Women make up one million of the new union 's members and will be guaranteed two-thirds of its executive seats to give them effective control , although the three top salaried posts will be filled by men . |
| 23 | Both groups of workers set their wage rates given their ( rational ) expectations of the level of prices in the two periods covered by the wage contract . |
| 24 | Which TV soap gave US vice-president Dan Quayle the bird ? |
| 25 | This is the scheme according to which material conditions give rise to class relations which at first develop in direct response to these material conditions . |
| 26 | Accommodation is a significant driving factor in the process of new dialect formation as described by Trudgill ( 1986 ) , but it is more easily studied at the level of individuals who adjust their language behaviour given a particular set of circumstances . |
| 27 | However large or small your contribution whether by holding a Coffee Morning or Class Raffle , it will be a step towards improving our situation and if every teacher makes an effort to encourage her class members to give their support to us we shall do everything possible to continue to support them , with more teachers and classes . |
| 28 | I think its time Wilko give some youngsters get a run of games this season . |
| 29 | Subjects in their laboratory study gave approximately nine verbal reports per kilometre . |
| 30 | She told her wrist computer to give the speeder the settings for the shuttle hangar , and as the automatic pilot cut in she turned , intending to climb up to what was left of the weapons deck . |