Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] gives " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matt put in , ‘ Departing guests pay their accounts at the office , where she gives them a receipt , and Ling takes his list of commodities to her — things to be ordered for the kitchen , you understand . ’ |
| 2 | Ackroyd pastiches Dickens in form rather than style — which is to say that this book is very long , Dickensianly long ( the main text signs off at page 1084 , where it gives way to a fat coda of source notes , bibliography and index ) . |
| 3 | Although it gives only basic descriptions of our services , there is more information on the Royal Mail Guide and Royal Mail International Guide which you can consult at post office counters . |
| 4 | The conception of the international economy held by world-system theories is , in my view , less effective , although it gives a forceful account of contemporary changes in comparison with earlier periods . |
| 5 | However , one problem with using recognition as a method of assessing memory is that although it gives good overall measures of performance it does not make it clear exactly which details of a stimulus were remembered . |
| 6 | Although he gives Rosa and Claude as his mentors , he seldom followed their rigid classical composition , indeed in his mountainous terrain this would have been very difficult . |
| 7 | If it turns out that this is not the case , if it is discovered that the prohibition denies the would-be rapists more of a chance to pursue the good life than it gives their possible victims , then one may have to adjust other features of the political framework to make sure that this does not result in inequality of ability to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 8 | But the subsection tantalizingly offers more than it gives . |
| 9 | The result of this is it takes in more water by osmosis than it gives out . |
| 10 | Or vice-versa , in Eddie 's case , as he gets no more than he gives from Marco . |
| 11 | For example , a manufacturer of upholstery fabric may want to know how well his cloth wears , so he gives a certain piece of the cloth a standardized ‘ rubbing ’ test to see how many rubs it can stand before wearing through . |
| 12 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 13 | And the latest rejection was the final straw for Dave , who claims he could now be homeless once he gives up his farm next May . |
| 14 | The Toshiba radar rainfall monitoring system is designed to alert local governments to unexpectedly heavy rainfall , so it gives plenty of advance warning for extra drainage and emergency pumps . |
| 15 | Powerful though the clam 's muscles are , it can not slam its valves shut , only heave them slowly together , so it gives plenty of notice of its intentions . |
| 16 | The Roman copies can not have been made from this , since it was not then available ; so it gives the only incontrovertible evidence for an exact replica being made in classical times . |
| 17 | You should n't need no 'elp , but if 'e gives yer any lip , just call me . ’ |
| 18 | Her favourite scene was the sequence of Susan , partially concussed , menacing Ian with the points of a long pair of scissors , threatening to stab him until she gives in and vents her rage instead on the mattress of her bed . |
| 19 | Thus , a man may have sexual relations other than vaginal or anal intercourse with his mother , daughter , grand-daughter or sister provided that she is over 16 and provided she gives her consent in the legal sense of the term . |
| 20 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 21 | The form of service and the choice of hymns , if any , should be your parent 's , and if she is hoping to see her husband 's coffin surrounded by flowers on its last journey , nobody should suggest to her that she should instead consider asking relatives and friends to send donations to a suitable charity , for this may upset her deeply , and if she gives in to it , it may become a burning resentment in her later on . |
| 22 | If she gives you authority to sign on . |
| 23 | And according to one teacher , who fears she might be victimised if she gives her name , only one of the two teachers taken on at her school for a total of 48 four-year-olds , was actually trained to teach under-fives . |
| 24 | Make it clear , too , that she can only have the toy if she gives one of hers in exchange . |
| 25 | And if she gives me any of her pernickety , finicky quips I 'll throw it over her . |
| 26 | The clutch is so stiff that you think you 're pushing against the bulkhead until it gives . |
| 27 | As it struggles the wire tightens until it gives up or dies . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) If a decision-maker establishes a procedure or practice for the making of decisions , which gives advantages to those affected by them , he creates a legitimate expectation that he will follow that procedure or practice in relation to any particular case , unless or until he gives notice of intention to change the procedure and an opportunity for those affected to make representations : see again Lord Diplock in Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [ 1985 ] A.C. 374 , 408G. ( 3 ) A decision-maker is required to adopt a procedure for decision-making which is fair in all the circumstances . |
| 29 | ‘ He ca n't let me go until he gives me my keys . ’ |
| 30 | This analogy can be helpful , particularly if it gives a visual dimension to our thinking . |