Example sentences of "give [pron] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had always done that at his pre-production party , given everyone a carnation to wear , but this time he had overreached himself . |
| 2 | The camcorder has given everyone the chance to star in their own home movies . |
| 3 | It would be a misuse of powers for a judge to say : ‘ I know Parliament has given me a discretion to vary orders in contempt appeals and make just ones , but I 'm never going to use them . |
| 4 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 5 | There is very little actual fish catching to report this month , so with things being slow it has given me a chance to read up on fish nutrition , something I have a reasonable knowledge of due to once working in one of the then leading fish culture units at Aston University . |
| 6 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
| 7 | ‘ Harvey 's given me a job to do , ’ she said , tiring of her game . |
| 8 | You have given me no reason to trust you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This Budget has given me no confidence to spend whatsoever , ’ Mr Ingram said . |
| 10 | ‘ I think he 's angry that having given me the freedom to think for myself , I 've not followed him all down the line . ’ |
| 11 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 12 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 13 | It 's given me the chance to look further into two books that I 've really enjoyed reading than I ever usually would . |
| 14 | Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 16 | The 34-year-old divorcee explained : ‘ Those two tragedies have given me the strength to want to help others . ’ |
| 17 | The places I 've been and people I 've met have given me the confidence to carry on . |
| 18 | Furthermore , Matthew stresses that the task of telling men the good news and ‘ baptising them into the possession of the Holy Spirit will only De theirs after the cross and resurrection have given them a gospel to proclaim and a Spirit to receive ( 28:19 ) . |
| 19 | If we need people with financial experience and managerial experience , then appoint them to the local to the Police Committee , given them a job to do , they 're the ones that are should advise the Chief Constable and the Police Committee as to whether they 're spending the right of money on computers and are using it properly , not whether they 're using them operationally correctly . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) Allowing the appeal , that before making the prohibited steps orders the justices should have informed the parties of their intention and given them an opportunity to make submissions as to whether such orders were appropriate ; that the justices had had no jurisdiction to make an order prohibiting the parents from having contact with each other because such contact was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibility towards his child and thus was outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; that , on the evidence they accepted , the justices had been plainly wrong to refuse to make the interim care orders ; and that , accordingly , the court would substitute interim care orders relating to both children ( post , pp. 271B–D , H — 272A , F , H — 273A ) . |
| 21 | That point applies to nurses at the basic level , but it is even more important when they become a more valuable resource after their post-basic education has given them the ability to prescribe . |
| 22 | They are now mothers with the responsibility for a child , and some of them would maintain that it is their baby that has given them the determination to do something more with their lives , however hard this may be . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've given ourselves a chance to finish in the top three , a tremendous achievement for a team that was tipped for relegation at the start of the season . |
| 24 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |
| 25 | The call would have given someone the chance to replace the spare set in the security cupboard here . |
| 26 | Once the guests are in , we 'll give them a bite to eat or a drink — whatever they want , within reason . |
| 27 | We did n't give them a chance to cause trouble . |
| 28 | No matter how many there are we 'll give them a chance to show themselves first , eh ? |
| 29 | No ; they fidget , touch their hands to their mouths , make interrupt gestures and can hardly wait for that momentary pause which will give them a chance to get a word in edgeways . |
| 30 | Without conceding that the gentry of Tula , Smolensk , and elsewhere were justified in calling for an assembly which would give them a chance to vent their spleen , Alexander II seemed to be no less frightened than they by the enormity of the changes he had sanctioned . |