Example sentences of "would give [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced by the weakest bowling attack ever to leave Australia , the England batsmen had made hay , none more so than the captain , and some people felt that the confidence this built up would give them a lift in the Caribbean . |
| 2 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 3 | I feel sceptical but would give them a try I believe they work but only in conjunction with a healthy diet and regular exercise |
| 4 | Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn . |
| 5 | If they had been beaten in a fight , he would give them a good hiding and send them back out to do the job properly . |
| 6 | Little children need to starve no more as I would give them a big food store . |
| 7 | Now erm was the instigator of the Ipswich Interfirm Cup and erm , in those days if there was any erm going begging at Portman Road , would give them a job on the , the gangs . |
| 8 | It is fair enough for the councillors to claim the normal allowances , but the hon. Gentleman 's proposition would give them a biased view of what is in the interests of their citizens . |
| 9 | With several newly qualified teachers and many more awaiting initiation , they literally ‘ Swung ’ all over the place — adult institutes , local church halls , fetes , in fact in or on anything that would give them a few square feet of space ; one Essex teacher even did a two year S-T-R-E-T-C-H in H.M Prison , Holloway and got time off for good behaviour ( a class of course ! ) . |
| 10 | This would give them a period of study and experience abroad after which it could be decided whether to offer them permanent appointments . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A win for United would give them a good chance ; a draw would be tantamoumt to playing Russian Roulette and defeat would be good night . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's direct , brave and courageous and his inclusion would give them a lift . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He 's direct , brave and courageous and his inclusion would give them a lift . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Made a special point of coming there because they knew my mother would give them a bowl of soup or what was ever on . |
| 17 | But the people who built them — the thirty or forty people possibly at the most in Oxford who built those houses — it would solve their problems and it would give them a completely new slant on life to have built their own houses . |
| 18 | It was clearly to France 's advantage to advance her south-eastern frontier by the acquisition of Savoy and Nice , while the building of railways in the region would give her a strong economic and strategic position in northern and central Italy . |
| 19 | Knowing the mountains were there , Martha passed hours gazing upwards , waiting for a break in the curtain of vapour that would give her a view to the summit , her attention fixed at that mysterious level where the mist descended on the tree-tops and blotted out the perspective entirely . |
| 20 | She knew she was n't welcome in Hester 's house but Mrs Johnson would give her a bed for the night . |
| 21 | But in front of the other pupils Mother Francis had made an iron-hard rule that Eve must never be seen to do anything which would give her a different status . |
| 22 | It was to be the first in a long line of pay battles that would give her a reputation for being one of the toughest negotiators in the business . |
| 23 | I tell you , if she was out in Hollywood they would send her to one of those beauty farms , where they starve them and batter them about and knock them into shape ; then they would give her a plastic nose , or make the one she 's got more pointed , put false eyelashes on her , give her hair an expert cut , and walla ! she 'd be a sensation . |
| 24 | Topaz Chilcott would give her a sly looks She 'd been told by Tipper , who would n't leave the subject alone , that all tinkers were sly . |
| 25 | If Pickles really does love you , maybe the pater would give her a decent allowance and you 'd manage somehow . |
| 26 | She only had about fifty pence left from the money she had borrowed from her stepfather the day before , but she hoped that the young Italian barman , who fancied her , had not yet been sacked or moved on and would give her a margarita , free . |
| 27 | The power units would again be Paxmans , of later design than those of Venturous which would give her a speed of 15 knots . |
| 28 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 29 | After the man 's death he told Jeannie of his gift , and said he would give her a little at a time so she did n't drink the lot in one enormous spree . |
| 30 | Should she tell him yes , he had made her pregnant , and see if he would give her a guinea or two to put it right ? |