Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] give [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herbert agreed to pay his passage and give him an allowance until he could find work . |
| 2 | A book covering the area you 're interested in will tell you about the terrain and give you an idea as to whether or not your walking companions will be physically able to tackle the route(s) . |
| 3 | When will the Secretary of State make a decision and give us an answer on that most important issue ? |
| 4 | The most vociferously opposed union maintains that all the problems could be solved were the government to remove the PTT from the financial tutelage of the finance ministry and give it an independent budget . |
| 5 | This means that , having discussed the problems with you , he should make you aware of the consequences of a continuing failure to live up to expectations and give you an opportunity to demonstrate an improvement . |
| 6 | If an adviser proposes to comment adversely upon the work of an individual teacher at a meeting he should inform the teacher and give him an opportunity to reply . |
| 7 | ‘ Right , we 'll have you on sick parade after your bath and give it an inspection . |
| 8 | I was hoping the Brigadier would have a look at the collection and give me an estimate . |
| 9 | But it 's er had it we took round to that fella round Dash Hill there well Alec took it and er he said I 'll ring you up in morning and give you an estimate . |
| 10 | I 'd meant her to lose control and give me an opportunity , but it was proving the other way around . |
| 11 | According to the trust 's Andy Hunter , the aim is not to treat or rehabilitate people but give them an opportunity to work . |
| 12 | Her hand was reaching for her bag when the other woman asked her , in her delightfully broken English , to accompany her to a boutique across the road and give her an opinion on a dress she wanted to buy . |
| 13 | ‘ All you 've done , Dr Vaughan , should you be interested , is wreck my self-confidence and give me an inferiority complex about my looks . ’ |
| 14 | The high subsidies offered by the UK government to Nissan and by other European governments to encourage Japanese investment gave rise to fears that the Europeans were engaging in ‘ beggar-my-neighbour ’ subsidy policies , which would benefit the Japanese and give them an unfair competitive advantage when compared to existing producers . |
| 15 | Somewhere in this range , too , are those coincidences that give us an eerie spine-tingling feeling , like dreaming of a particular person for the first time in decades , then waking up to find that they died in the night . |