Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 2 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 3 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 4 | I have met women who epitomize the ‘ good mother ’ ; they genuinely love and care for their children and give them a great deal of attention , playing with them and guiding them in a way that most of us feel we can never emulate . |
| 5 | Because the smaller societies often f charge more for their loans and give more erm to the erm to the investor . |
| 6 | No adult insect can produce silk , so these ants bring young larvae to the site , holding them between their jaws and giving them little squeezes so that the larvae will produce their silk . |
| 7 | Have a tin of , have a pack of my chocolates and give them to Gail , and give them to that to Beverley . |
| 8 | Malignant melanoma and renal adenocarcinoma proved most responsive : approximately 25 per cent of these patients experience regression of their tumours when given interleukin-2 only . |
| 9 | This polarisation of attitudes was perhaps unfortunate since there had been signs of a certain willingness on the part of the Department to reconsider the validity of their ideas and to give some weight to the social issues behind the public reaction to the housing policy . |
| 10 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 11 | These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments . |
| 12 | He crunched the last of his sweets and gave a leaflet to a passer-by . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Judge Edward Garrison went against the general feeling of his colleagues and gave the idea its trial run . |
| 14 | The hDC control button replaces the normal minus sign at the top left of your applications and gives access to the Power Launcher Menus . |
| 15 | General manager Alan Roberts said : ‘ We have listened long and hard to the needs of our supporters and given great consideration to our long-term aims at home and in Europe . |
| 16 | It was n't until 1880 with the passing of the Ground Game Act , giving tenant farmers protection against their landlords and giving them the right to kill hares and rabbits , that the laws were even modestly relaxed . |
| 17 | The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma . |
| 18 | Then she flung herself down into her pillows and gave way to tears of frustration and rage . |
| 19 | She chatted on , keeping up a constant barrier between them , all the way out to the car park , and when she was securely belted into the passenger-seat she fiddled with her gloves and gave a deliberate yawn . |
| 20 | In those days many Europeans , especially in Kenya , relied on Somalis as their headmen ; in turn , these Somalis identified themselves with their masters and gave them devoted service . |
| 21 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 22 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 23 | You should aim to strike a deal with your employers that gives you real peace of mind . |
| 24 | I bet you go to the zoo with your kids and give the monkeys bananas , then complain when they jump around — the monkeys I mean . |
| 25 | Listed companies reporting for year ends on or after 31 December 1992 should make a statement about their compliance with the code in their accounts and give reasons for any non-compliance . |
| 26 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 27 | They are required to disclose publicly any information which is necessary to avoid the establishment of a false market in their securities and to give their shareholders details of significant transactions affecting the company . |
| 28 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 29 | Unlike the spinal column of any other mammal , it has a network of interlocking protrusions from its vertebrae that gives it enormous strength and resistance to crushing . |
| 30 | Thacker put his hands back in his pockets and gave her a pitying look . |