Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] the [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or maybe the gun gave her the guts . |
| 2 | Any character setting foot on such an area must make a successful I test ( +10 bonus for a Halfling , -10 penalty for any character carrying 75% or more of their normal encumbrance limit ) or else the wood gives way , leading to an 8-yard drop . |
| 3 | Their visits were threatening and long , and eventually the agency gave up hope of substituting mulberry trees for opium . |
| 4 | A detailed analysis of such techniques is beyond the scope of this book , and so the coverage given to them will be generally limited to their marketing applications . |
| 5 | The forest was dark and low upon me , and only the gunfire gave me any sense of direction . |
| 6 | To have a woman was different , her juices mixed with his and later the recollection gave him zest ; but alone it was cowards ' sport . |
| 7 | First they had to lend some maroon LX Club shirts to a Northampton side who had forgotten to bring theirs along , and then the students gave a lesson in speed about the field , quick thinking and teamwork . |
| 8 | They were awarded a penalty try when winger Carl Knight was stopped on the line by a very high tackle , and then the pack gave Osborne a pushover try . |
| 9 | These give way first to deciduous forest , then to conifers , and then the trees give out altogether , giving a stretch of low , alpine vegetation , culminating even though the mountain is on the equator — in permanent snow . |
| 10 | The far side crust is thicker and therefore the basins gave rise to less weakening there , and consequently far less lava emerged into those basins than into those on the near side . |
| 11 | But suddenly the car gave a stutter and the engine died . |
| 12 | For the top row , no stimulus was applied , but nevertheless the cells give a slow and irregular sequence of these impulses . |
| 13 | The Dutch should have been aware of it , but strangely the RLD gave the KLM DC-10s a Netherlands certificate of airworthiness , or rather validated the US certificate , notwithstanding their considerable reservations about the strength or ventilation of the cabin floor . |
| 14 | The time for defence is then extended to four days after either the Crown gives notice to the court and to the plaintiff that it is satisfied with the information given , or the court decides that no further information is required . |