Example sentences of "but give a " in BNC.

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1 It should be interesting but not too interesting , fit in thematically and colour-wise but give a ‘ clean ’ backdrop to speakers .
2 Letter databases needed for matching are smaller , but give a much larger number of potential candidates .
3 These short square-ended drawing crayons hold together well but give a soft smudgeable line .
4 The other chroniclers are less explicit , but give a similar impression , complaints about servitude and oppression and demands for liberty bulking largely in their accounts .
5 Despite herself , Rory could n't help but give a little laugh .
6 Still — she could n't help but give a little chuckle as she watched one small boy in calipers crossing the dance floor at an amazingly fast clip , hotly pursued by a red-faced Candy — the children had somehow managed to drag her out of the fog of misery that had enveloped her with Adam 's leaving .
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