Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [noun] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magistrates then asked Elsworth to step into the witness box to give his case and to show justice was done . |
| 2 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 3 | provides opportunities to the programme staff to give their inputs in the decision-making process ; |
| 4 | There is a theory that the Syrians favour the perpetuation of the Aoun regime to give them a pretext for keeping an undiminished presence in the country . |
| 5 | There is a theory that the Syrians favour the perpetuation of the Aoun regime to give them a pretext for keeping an undiminished presence in the country . |
| 6 | Now he is hoping to be picked for the match against Spain in the Canary Islands to give his career a real boost . |
| 7 | If only Clive Rice had not been dropped by South Africa , maybe I could have persuaded the England selectors to give me a chance … |
| 8 | ‘ You can give it to the Station Master to give him . |
| 9 | Bobbie asked the Station Master to give it to the old gentleman the next morning . |
| 10 | The Swann Committee had also noted ‘ the views expressed very clearly to us at our various meetings with parents from the whole range of ethnic minority groups that they want and indeed expect the education system to give their children above all a good command of English as rapidly as possible ’ . |
| 11 | The opposite applies if you feel yourself falling in backwards — pull in the back hand to give yourself more power . |
| 12 | ‘ Many of these have not yet been registered as charities and we will be asking local authorities to check deeds , take legal advice and , if appropriate , register these pieces of land with the Charity Commission to give them some long-term protection . ’ |
| 13 | He shivered in shop doorways as he waited for the traffic lights to give him green . |
| 14 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 15 | There 's other associates who like to know beforehand roughly how much they can provide for people by way of life cover and living assurance , so that they can give the people some idea , or maybe want to sit in front of them and use the rate book to give them some idea . |
| 16 | I have enclosed a copy of the executive summary to give you an idea of what this is about . |
| 17 | I got the duty doctor to give her a blood test , for my eyes only . |
| 18 | They have wheeled out Miss Piggy and Co in the studio limo to give us Dickens 's Christmas Carol starring a suitably dyspepsic Michael Caine as the dreaded Scrooge . |
| 19 | It has also enabled the health professionals to give us feedback on the screening from their perspective . |
| 20 | With just two minutes to go , the striker unleashed an explosive drive from the edge of the penalty box to give his side the spoils in a tightly-fought final . |
| 21 | There are behind-the-scenes flurries as the sheet-covered frock is brought out of storage — by ladies dressed in white coats and white gloves so that the masterpiece is n't stained — and the model changes to give us another twirl . |
| 22 | You simply use the zoom levels to give you what is effectively a page preview . |
| 23 | If you 're not sure how to use something — a pipe-bending machine , say — do n't be afraid to ask the hire shop to give you a demonstration . |
| 24 | Another more immediate solution would be to combine an outing with others who live near you so that you could get into town on a bus and then share a taxi back ; or ask a car owner to give you a lift , in exchange for petrol money and perhaps some skill that you can offer . |
| 25 | Below : Even without a garden , there are still many plants that can be grown in a window box to give plenty of scope for pressing . |
| 26 | ‘ What 's more , I intend to hire a live-in nanny to give me a hand and to be there when I ca n't . |
| 27 | Medirace needed a trading vehicle to give it some cashflow to stay in business . |
| 28 | Another woman , after all , would no more hire a beauty queen to present a current affairs programme than she would hire a motor mechanic to give her a facelift . |
| 29 | ‘ You could have special pots made — delicate pots for the nobility , hand-painted with a lake scene to give them an extra value — and on the larger pots you could paint ‘ The Fish ’ — no , ‘ The Char ’ , Buttermere , the Hidden Heart of the Famous Lakelands ' . |
| 30 | In the long term , alternative political and policy positions can be weakened — there will be no government framework to give them any institutional voice or credence . |