Example sentences of "but [noun] [noun prp] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But General Schellenberg gave us express instructions to … |
| 2 | Alex Salmond did n't go looking for a fight but Ian Lang gave him one anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ So I was n't actually that interested , but Jean-Luc Ponty gave me a tape and on one side was ‘ A Trick Of The Tail ’ and on the other side was ‘ Wind And Wuthering ’ . |
| 4 | We might reply that the simplicity of cave communities is idiosyncratic rather than typical : we might ask what general ecological insights we are going to obtain from communities that lack photosynthetic plants and herbivores , and are maintained by detritus flushed down from above : but Dr Culver gives us no answer . |
| 5 | But Dr Jekell gave them a taste of their own medicine and Joey Beauchamp 's trip and Jimmy Magilton 's score rescued a point for Oxford . |
| 6 | It was also planned to rationalise operations in the UK , but Mr Heneaghan gave an assurance that Edinburgh , where his company employs five people , would remain as headquarters for the combined operation . |
| 7 | But Mr Brazier gave an unhesitating ‘ yes ’ when asked if he would go through the experience again . |
| 8 | It sounded pretty implausible to Charles , but Detective-Sergeant McWhirter gave a reassuring nod . |
| 9 | From this point of view , opportunities must have seemed slow to come , but de Valois gave him at least one chance every year from the time of his joining the company : Adieu and Tritsch Tratsch in 1947 , Children 's Corner in 1948 and , for the following year , his most ambitious production to date , Sea Change . |
| 10 | With both batsmen in the middle of the pitch , the ricochet beat Barlow to the bowler 's end and broke the stumps there as well ; Lloyd appealed , but umpire Jepson gave ‘ not out ’ . |
| 11 | With his 29 runs at a vital stage of the Hampshire innings and three wickets for only 33 , Malcolm Marshall might have been both a logical and romantic choice for the Gold Award , but Micky Stewart gave it to Robin Smith , whose 90 was by far the highest and best innings of the match . |