Example sentences of "[noun] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strapped for cash , he hurried inside and bartered for sex by handing over the silver watch given him by his sick father . |
| 2 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 3 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
| 4 | I agree with it and , for the reasons given him , I , too , would allow the appeal . |
| 5 | My Lords , for the reasons given I would however dismiss this appeal . |
| 6 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 7 | ‘ The value per share of the players comes to £2 — a useful figure for shareholders given our fully prudent accounting policy . ’ |
| 8 | As kids , loyal pals , as men now , they justify the respect and high esteem given them . |
| 9 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 10 | There is a chief superintendent in RUC Headquarters whose sole responsibility is community relations , and no complaints were made about the level of managerial support given them by Easton 's senior officers , something unusual for ordinary policemen and women in the RUC , and particularly so compared to community policing sections in other forces ( Grimshaw and Jefferson 1987 ) . |
| 11 | It seems that we need one possibly for B T given what 's been said , John . |
| 12 | Andy Reed 's lineout provision had created that chance and the Bath lock could prove a real dark horse for the Lions given his sterling deeds at restarts , a superb chopping of Mike Hall , a dive pass from a ruck and his arrival in the burn-out of Gavin Hastings ' break which required more last-gasp heroics , this time from Stuart Davies , to prevent a try . |
| 13 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 14 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 15 | Surprise has been expressed in some quarters that Mr Zilligen has been allowed to stay on the Ferranti board given his key role at ISC during the £215m deception . |
| 16 | Between late July and early October 1936 the rebels drove home the advantage given them by Franco 's agreements with Mussolini and Hitler . |
| 17 | None the less , the Committee considered that the instruments were available and the time ripe for achieving this enormous ambition : " We have the advantage given us by then necessity of a new departure among rapidly changing conditions , and by the opportunity of avoiding some causes of past failure " . |
| 18 | Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ? |
| 19 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 20 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 21 | WITH the forthcoming visit by the South Africans looming large , the RFU have taken the opportunity given them by the All Black and Wallaby tours to South Africa to get in some early homework on the Boks . |
| 22 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 23 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 24 | This teacher 's view that the Afro-Caribbean pupils felt obliged to live up to the labels given them by the school was reiterated by other teachers . |
| 25 | Voters depend much less on the cues and guidance given them by party workers and rely instead on television . |
| 26 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 27 | He found ( see also Batson and Best ( 1981 ) ) that animals given his discrimination training procedure showed an enhanced preference for the safe flavour ( the conditioned inhibitor ) . |
| 28 | No doubt also the judges have been anxious further to limit the availability of judicial review given its tendency to ‘ overburden ’ the courts . |
| 29 | The four-year-old car looks in remarkably good condition given its mileage . |
| 30 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |