Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] and give " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provided for arrangements to secure ransom money if necessary , to pool any gains of war and invest them profitably , and , if one left a widow , to make some provision for her and give some protection for surviving children . |
| 2 | And after two and a half hours , the doctor made the decision for me and gave me the epidural . |
| 3 | I know what kind of an ordeal you 've had tonight , and , although I might have been willing to tease you before to take your mind off it and give you something else to think about , I do n't intend to ravish you to complete the treatment ! ’ |
| 4 | Privately Captain Simcox hoped the IRA would be a match for the Tans — well , perhaps that was expecting too much — but it would be something if they could put some manners on them and give them a bloody nose now and again . |
| 5 | Safer to close his eyes and his mind to her and give his entire concentration to the matter in hand ; a resolution to which he firmly held , even when , after a tumultuous welcome at Brighouse — the nearest railway station to Frizingley — he was escorted , with an appropriate accompaniment of banners and Chartist hymns , to a lodging-house at the top of St Jude 's street where the landlady , Mrs Sairellen Thackray , had offered to accommodate him free of charge . |
| 6 | Just a month later , when James Russell sold his business and went to settle in Contention , he took the boy with him and gave him his American name , John Russell . |
| 7 | If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well , I know he 'd give money . |
| 8 | The old couple , poor as they were , took pity on him and gave him food to eat and water to drink . |
| 9 | I met her once on one of my off-duty bookshop prowls , took pity on her and gave her lunch . |
| 10 | I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’ |
| 11 | Cnut divided the country in four in 1017 , keeping Wessex for himself and giving East Anglia to Thorkell , Mercia to Eadric , and Northumbria to Eric . |
| 12 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 13 | Teaching effectively in higher education calls for the extraordinary ability on the part of the teacher to bring students to the point where they can distinguish sense from nonsense for themselves , where they can say and do things for themselves and give reasons for so doing which are full of insight , and where they have the intellectual resources to take off under their own steam . |
| 14 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 15 | I give you one bio-day exactly to make contact with me and give me your answer . ’ |
| 16 | She had entered into the union for her own reasons and she had taken her marriage vows with no thoughts other than to be a dutiful wife to him and to give him the happiness he deserved . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ The selectors showed a lot of faith in me and gave me every chance to prove my fitness . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ The selectors showed a lot of faith in me and gave me every chance to prove my fitness . |
| 19 | So he fought with him and and took his stick from him and gave him a whack on the head and he dropped , and the story goes he says we 'll go home now lads . |
| 20 | Work out what Z one divided by Z two is , and then find the argument of it and give your answer in ratings , there . |
| 21 | Words and names , as we all know from everyday experience , possess magical power : naming and identifying experiences and things imposes some degree of control over them and gives at least the illusion of bringing them within our power . |
| 22 | He opened up more the love of God to me and gave me a livelier apprehension of the Mystery of Redemption and how much I am beholden to Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 23 | Altogether , the tour gave the Indians maximum exposure to me and gave me maximum exposure to the ELT situation in India . |
| 24 | Cos when you get your takeaway they erm they carry it to the door for you and give it to you when you get to the door , and they hand |
| 25 | He showed concern for her and gave her an old , baggy sweater of his to put over the other garments . |
| 26 | Minos 's daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and gave him a ball of string to unwind on his way to the creature 's lair at the centre of the maze . |
| 27 | I get this real strong urge to stand behind her and put my arms round her and give her a hug , but I do n't move . |
| 28 | She raised an eyebrow at me and gave me a wry smile . |
| 29 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 30 | I want to gorge on life with you , I want to take your strength from you and give you my care . |