Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun] give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
2 | Thus she concludes that being male or female gives one a distinctive viewpoint which should be included in any theory of human beings . |
3 | I know five hundred and sixty was extra cos Stuart gave me two hundred short of a thousand . |
4 | A tangerine that Modigliani gave me — we were in front of a fruit-shop — and another that he gave to his wife : that is my last memory of them . ’ |
5 | Cos look what I 'm wearing , I 'm wearing what grand and grandpa gave me . |
6 | The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives . |
7 | By-employments such as basket-making , hemp-dressing and wild-fowling gave them additional security . |
8 | There 's this old girl at er the top of the road you know , got them , she planted them half way down her garden , right , when they 'd grown to about six foot high she said we could have the rest of their garden , so we did , that 's how come our garden 's so big cos people give our , give us the garden |
9 | On May 11th Mr Ryabov appeared to give his blessing to Mr Yeltsin 's plan , when he said ‘ it would be nice if parliament gave its blessing ’ to the constitution adopted by the constituent assembly . |
10 | It is significant that Buchan gave his middle-aged hero , the Glasgow grocer Dickson McCunn , a literary ancestry : . |
11 | Wise and Beagrie gave their movements speed and width and , once Newell had replaced the persevering but internationally inexperienced Wright , the attack gained a sharper cutting edge . |
12 | Mary is holy because God gives her both these roles , enables her to hold them both in balance and empowers her desires and choices from this point of balance . |
13 | The courtroom fell silent as Dr gave his evidence . |