Example sentences of "[pron] gives of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The image you give ’ , Fraser tells Ilse , meaning the image she gives of himself as a boy , ‘ is one of dependency , extreme docility . |
| 2 | But there is some instability in the accounts he gives of dark professions of faith , in his acerbities and fatalities . |
| 3 | The details he gives of contemporary medical practice are explicit . |
| 4 | The major example that he gives of informalisation is what he takes to be the decrease of social restraints , particularly in the middle classes , imposed upon sexual behaviour and other connected spheres of conduct . |
| 5 | He is famous for the balls-ups that seem to happen around him , and for the modest , humorous accounts he gives of them . |
| 6 | He simulates the picaresque ingenuousness of the alien , pretending to learn English from the children in order to gain their confidence , and gradually modifying the historical account he gives of himself to meet peoples ' changing conception of him . |
| 7 | Typical of his account is the picture he gives of the festival held at the great Sufi shrine of the Qadam Sharif , which sheltered the supposed Footprint of the Holy Prophet . |
| 8 | And so when he gives us faith , he gives of himself . |
| 9 | The significance of the Ruiz case and its aftermath for any analysis of the significance of the work of John Howard lies within the example it gives of a certain approach to penal reform . |
| 10 | Right , so if it gives of If you heat it in er and it gives of carbon dioxide , have a guess at what it is that we 're heating ? |
| 11 | Right , so if it gives of If you heat it in er and it gives of carbon dioxide , have a guess at what it is that we 're heating ? |