Example sentences of "that [pers pn] give [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How do you know what impression I have , and what makes you think that I give a damn what you and that boy get up to in your spare time ? ’ |
| 2 | Not that she gave a damn . |
| 3 | He lay down on her and penetrated her again so that she gave a cry of relief . |
| 4 | In cross-examination she agreed that she gave the police a statement and , when asked how many statements she gave , replied , ‘ I gave one statement to the investigating officer … the day after Paulette was murdered . ’ |
| 5 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 6 | Harriet 's explaining that she gives a service , something about helping people realize their dreams . |
| 7 | Someone here once commented that she gives the impression she always seems to know best . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't tell me that you give a damn , ’ she said , ‘ do n't tell me that I 've been anything to you but a brief interlude . ’ |
| 9 | Erm the managing director in front of Mr erm said to me , It wo n't affect your wages but what we will ask is that you give the company car back until a period of time that your wife passes a test in which case it can be given to your wife as indeed managerial status Mr . |
| 10 | and so it 's very important that you give the bearing correctly . |
| 11 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 12 | Another more important criticism of Marx 's and Engels 's technological sequences comes from the fact that they give the impression that progression through these technological stages was an inevitable progression from lower to higher . |
| 13 | It is here that it seems to me that there are basic problems which are not thought through , and moreover that moves are made which are deceptive , in that they give the impression that a solution has been found where in fact the main issue has not been tackled . |
| 14 | Individual negotiations are inevitably led by the benefits that they give an individual . ’ |
| 15 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 16 | Unofficial strike action followed and the union 's own bankers were granted an injunction prohibiting the NUS from transferring any of their property abroad , on the principle that third parties must ensure that they gave no aid to any action which might occur if the union 's property were sequestrated as a result of some future contempt of court . |
| 17 | This so alarmed the Sicilians , who wanted nothing to do with a German prince , that they gave the throne to William 's illegitimate cousin , Tancred of Lecca , an ambitious man famed for his ugliness of both temper and physique . |
| 18 | Of course , we do n't know that they gave the police the same alibi , do we ? ’ |
| 19 | Huge stiffened but graceful garlands were hung from twenty-four tiny hooks set round the gallery parapet , and were constructed so cleverly that they gave the impression of winding around the gallery pillars . |
| 20 | The second reason is immigration , where we gained on balance about half a million people and they of course were mostly young , they had their families here , so that they gave the impression of having very high birthrates . |
| 21 | It must not be so different that unity is destroyed , or so similar that it gives no feeling of change . |
| 22 | But a proper understanding of the concept of communicative competence would have revealed that it gives no endorsement for the neglect of grammar . |
| 23 | The strengths of the theory are , first that it explains the perceptual phenomena I have just described , second that the brain has a real need for the operation it postulates , and third that it gives a role to a prominent but hitherto unexplained anatomical characteristic of the neocortex . |
| 24 | The texture of Les Majeurs is so light and natural that it gives a sensation of comfort and a sensational finish . |
| 25 | If as we indicated , Grice 's theory of meaning-nn is construed as a theory of communication , it has the interesting consequence that it gives an account of how communication might be achieved in the absence of any conventional means for expressing the intended message . |
| 26 | One of the particular benefits of receiving such an accolade as Scotmedia Magazine 's Best Scottish Business Magazine 1993 is that it gives the chance to pay tribute to the hard work of the people you see listed in the blue panel adjacent to this as well as of the contributors and others instrumental in our success . |
| 27 | Its only advantage over BBCBASIC(Z80) 's normal error handling is that it gives the error number ; it would probably not be used in practice . |
| 28 | ‘ The most important thing about the Prince of Wales Initiative is that it gives the opportunity for other industries to share their knowledge of environmental protection , ’ she says . |
| 29 | The advantage of a Tender is that it gives the defender the initiative in placing responsibility for further action on the pursuer 's agent . |
| 30 | But the advantage of this program is that it gives the job hunter a degree of direction and discipline which the pen and paper approach does not . |