Example sentences of "[noun pl] give [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This meant that country could keep on running during the war , and , proving that they could do the same jobs as men , women gave themselves an enormous boost in the push for votes . |
| 32 | Just because our MPs give themselves a three-and-a-half week break does n't mean we can all benefit from copying them . |
| 33 | In the 19th Century the working classes , exasperated by their plight and the lack of initiative of their employers , formed into trades unions to give themselves the corporate strength which individuals lacked . |
| 34 | Britain 's bosses gave themselves pay rises of more than two percent above the national average last year . |