Example sentences of "[pron] gives [pron] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the theory of universal grammar , children start outlife with a universal grammar or language ‘ blueprint ’ in the mind which gives them some idea of the form that any language will take . |
| 2 | On the other hand , no personal endings are found here simply because no ordinal rank has yet been represented at this early stage of verb formation , a fact which gives us some insight into the reality underlying the term " non-finite " . |
| 3 | ‘ A mother ’ , says Elias Canetti , ‘ is one who gives her own body to be eaten . |
| 4 | The girls are required to plan their own day , and when they are used to this system , most prefer it to the structure of school and it gives them some control over their daily lives . |
| 5 | It gives its own accent to the Ramsden classic without being at all effete or patronising . |
| 6 | You do n't have to , it does n't have to be mined , we do n't have to import it from any Arabs , it 's ours , we own it and it gives us that amount of energy but only if we develop the fast er reactors . |
| 7 | And that 's , I think , important because it gives us some concept of how far we would have to go to get there , as it were , apart from seeing it . |
| 8 | Despite its many inadequacies , it gives us some picture of Sussex life as the Normans strengthened their hold . |
| 9 | Because we 've got sixties all over the place so maybe it was n't a brilliant one to try but it gives us some indication of what 's going on . |
| 10 | Er it gives us when when we actually set the thing up and make the presentation , it gives us another opportunity for publicity not only in the local papers o of our own area but the local papers of wherever the school was . |
| 11 | This is probably nowhere near as long as your list but it gives you some idea of how much detail is needed in recording items . |
| 12 | This simply gives you , it 's only a two page handout , it gives you some idea of the sort of motivations from what people have written about them . |
| 13 | I hope it gives you some idea of what happened . |
| 14 | So it gives you some idea of what the salaries were like in those days . |
| 15 | Are you w so it gives you some idea , if you 're gon if you 're not gon na revise the whole syllabus , shame on you , erm then it gives you some indication of how to spend your revision wisely . |
| 16 | I mean I , what you 're saying 's quite valid I mean , i if you 've got a situation where you have been successful and you 've got an accumulation of stuff that 's been recovered from robberies , at least it gives you some method of returning it to it 's previous |
| 17 | And erm they 're sort of labelled , you know what , it gives you this picture of what you 're buying as well . |
| 18 | er you should be able to display more confidence , I mean that 's what Mike suggested it gives you more confidence to be able to do this . |
| 19 | You get wee hooks and you hang them up and they stick there right , and just put your cups on it in a row and it gives you more room on the table . |