Example sentences of "[noun sg] give way " in BNC.
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1 | A Mattel Kriss-Kross mountain bike with stabilisers had caught his neck , when he looked up , and brought him to the ground yet it was the red and yellow tractor which applied the pressure that made his neck give way with an awful crack . |
2 | So easily , Creggan , may an eagle give way to weakness . |
3 | There was no foothold and Maggie gave a cry of fear as she too felt the ground give way beneath them as they slid over the edge towards the lake . |
4 | Every one of her senses sharpened to its utmost Gina entered a world as unreal and beautiful as Tivoli itself , mindlessly letting conscious thought give way to pure sensation , as his voice caressed her ears with words which could only be endearments , husky and broken . |
5 | Mr. Thomas McAvoy ( Glasgow , Rutherglen ) : Will the Minister give way ? |
6 | Mr. Robert Hughes : Will the Minister give way ? |
7 | Will the Minister give way ? |
8 | Will the Minister give way ? |
9 | Will the Minister give way ? |
10 | Will the Minister give way ? |
11 | Will the Minister give way ? |
12 | Will the Minister give way ? |
13 | Will the Minister give way ? |
14 | Will the Minister give way ? |
15 | Will the Minister give way ? |
16 | Will the Minister give way ? |
17 | Will the Minister give way ? |
18 | Will the Minister give way ? |
19 | Will the Minister give way ? |
20 | Will the Minister give way on the provision of interpreters ? |
21 | Yet , when one of the local farmers , grinding the bony soil of a resisting field , felt the earth give way and drop him into a narrow grave , and discovered there a store of gravegoods disposed around the human remains , the interval of the centuries seemed to close . |