Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] give them [art] " in BNC.

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1 In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose .
2 Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game .
3 Something must have given them a shake-up .
4 The night 's events must have given them a very clear idea of the depth of local opinion . ’
5 It 's er , obviously , you 'll need to give them a briefing , so they can play the character , but to the end of degree , 'cos you 'll need to respond to things that they say , as indeed , you 'll have to back in influencing situation , back in your own department , back in your own ground .
6 If you 've had any personal contact with these people you might like to give them a nudge .
7 In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas .
8 I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly .
9 If you know a little about cancer , feel you could cope with all the emotions involved , and you 'd like to give them a hand , then Carol would love to hear from you .
10 Erm you mentioned your brother earlier and er Geoff from the sports and social club I 'd like to give them a call , do you have the numbers ?
11 But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation .
12 If Sacu is to choose the latter road , the NSC may have to give them a clearer idea of what they will meet as they travel along it .
13 Under the energetic leadership of H. L. Dowbiggin , Inspector-General from 1913 to 1937 , the police gained sophistication which may have given them a relative advantage over some lawbreakers .
14 Yeah , but the thing is right , they , that 's because they 're criminally insane any way , it may have given them an idea but it does n't mean that that women or whoever it might not of died any way .
15 A SURVEY by the St John Ambulance Brigade came up with the remarkably interesting finding that the man most women would prefer to give them the kiss of life , assuming it was necessary or even if it was n't , would be TV doctor Hilary Jones .
16 No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem .
17 I 'm having two bridesmaids , aged five and six at my wedding and would like to give them a present after the event .
18 Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw .
19 ‘ England 's batting , fielding and — apart from Emburey and Edmonds — their bowling proclaimed the lack of practice and resolve on a slow pitch which , had they been in the right frame of mind , would have given them an even chance of levelling the series , ’ asserted Wisden .
20 If the stranger had not been there , he would have given them an account of what had happened .
21 My all-time favourite remark was made by a visiting Chesterfield supporter who watched silently as his team prepared to take a penalty in the dying seconds of a game at Barnsley which would have given them the draw .
22 If there 's nothing wrong with your curtains except that you 've grown rather bored with them there 's quite a lot you can do to give them a new lease of life .
23 You can help give them a more self-reliant future .
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