Example sentences of "but give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened . ’ |
| 2 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 3 | Goldfish , for instance , lay hundreds of eggs at a time , but give them no parental care at all . |
| 4 | The French may have their fancy patisseries , but give me an English pudding any day . |
| 5 | Doing fair copies of written work , infrequently and not as a punishment , can be useful ; but give it a real purpose . |
| 6 | We 'll try install , bu but give it an explicit path . |
| 7 | The political crisis which vastly increased its recruitment could not help but give it an unusual character . |
| 8 | But give us a good meal first , wo n't you — I have n't had good home-cooking for … for two and a half days . |
| 9 | When the ‘ Wolf ’ catches her he may obey the laws of the game and avoid physically hurting her , but giving her a momentary fright is a legitimate part of the game . |
| 10 | But giving it a good clean out and getting |
| 11 | His new Food and Beverage Manager appears to accept the idea as theoretically desirable , but gives it a low priority in practice : privately , he has been urging Winter to ‘ crack the whip a bit ’ , arguing that the whole establishment needs ‘ a good shake up ’ before reforms can be introduced effectively . |
| 12 | before a final all-embracing italicized section , looking back in its typography , placing , and , most importantly , its rhythm , recalls the opening nursery rhyme chorus , but gives it a universal voice which seems to include all that we have heard before in what is now a ritual chant ending with an appropriately childlike sound , |
| 13 | Hailed as a modern masterpiece , it drew on the basic elements of nineteenth-century picturesque — towers , pavilions , arches , and vaults — but gave them a distinct Scandinavian feel and line , the spirit of the sagas , as embodied in the gigantic statues at the entrance . |
| 14 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 15 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |
| 16 | He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door but gave her a friendly wave and began to walk up the path . |
| 17 | ‘ Elise was delighted I rang , but gave me a terrible dressing down for not ringing before or sending a postcard . |