Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprise has been expressed in some quarters that Mr Zilligen has been allowed to stay on the Ferranti board given his key role at ISC during the £215m deception . |
| 2 | From slang to puns to points of conflict , the end result is something like homeboy fashion meets voodoo charm and , back in ‘ 88 , the LA Times gave her a fitting nickname , ‘ East LA 's Ambassador Of Culture ’ . |
| 3 | A night at Fort William gave me a long awaited opportunity of making the ascent . |
| 4 | Herr Nordern gave her a ghastly , feeble grin , as if asking for remission , but Frau Nordern turned a cold face away , showing only an upright back and stiff neck which in their rigidity seemed to symbolise the rectitude of all the generations of the Houses of von Bromberg and von Ritter . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's my first win in the race , ’ Paul said afterwards ‘ and I must say La Greine gave me a great run . ’ |
| 6 | Alex Salmond did n't go looking for a fight but Ian Lang gave him one anyway . |
| 7 | OPENING up your excellent Have a Rattle page , it continually sickens me to see so-called Glentoran supporters giving their manager the verbals in the press . |
| 8 | ‘ But General Schellenberg gave us express instructions to … |
| 9 | But on my return to Salamanca Dana gave me strong support , a spiritual courage that entered our love and our poetry . |
| 10 | Thankfully the recent revival has generated a new enthusiasm for the use of LM potencies giving us a feeling that , at last , their time has come . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Honey gives us a little song about each word and we all sing it together and we learn to spell it in no time . |
| 12 | For it had obviously been a palace once , the high Gothic arches of the medieval windows and the carved stone Romeo-and-Juliet balconies giving it a fairy-tale air . |
| 13 | So it was a stroke of luck when a friend scrapping an old Volvo car gave him a complete system to fit to his tractor . |
| 14 | United got off to a flyer with Richard Hill giving them a lead after just eight minutes . |
| 15 | If only he had pushed his advantage home the night the Dorking brothers gave their party ( ‘ The Night of the Hundred Cans ' , as it was still known in Wimbledon ) . |
| 16 | I put , Marie Ann gave her daughter a Valium before she took her driving test . |
| 17 | David Fairfax gave her a sharp look . |
| 18 | His cheesecutter hat and Burberry overcoat gave him the look of a working class spiv . |
| 19 | He admitted that Estella was his housekeeper 's daughter , adopted by Miss Havisham to give her the chance of a better life . |
| 20 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 21 | The Beefeater Bar gives you a thoroughly relaxed , informal setting for a fine choice of meals from our new Beefeater Range bar menu . |
| 22 | Scarborough booked a fourth round tie against either Derby or Arsenal when second-half goals from Tommy Mooney and Andy Mockler gave them a 2–1 win over Plymouth . |
| 23 | Then the Arsenal match gave us a chance to restore some pride — and I think we have done that . ’ |
| 24 | He and another left-hander , the more dashing 21-year-old Robert Samuels , provided Jamaica with the batting stability they have so often lacked and captain Courtney Walsh gave them the bowling penetration with a tournament record 36 wickets at 11.30 each that combined to regain the Cup for Jamaica from Barbados , their third success in the last five seasons . |
| 25 | Zimbabwe 's Andy Ferreira gives his boys the low down … |
| 26 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 27 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 28 | Relentlessly , he reeled off the winners until that memorable afternoon at Navan when by a remarkable coincidence , another Ulster horse , Novello Allegro gave him his place in history . |
| 29 | Of course , all their Thrush Green friends rallied round them , and Joan and Edward Young gave them comfort and a meal that evening . |
| 30 | Linda Parker gives her tips on how to pack and what to take , plus details of the latest travel products |