Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do you think specific I give up you started , you started so you can finish . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry I gave you such a rotten tea . ’ |
| 3 | " I m sorry I gave you such a fright . |
| 4 | Erm sorry I gave them all away I 'm afraid mhm yeah so er I 'm tempted to start rolling again in a moment so would you like to make an announcement yeah ? |
| 5 | But I think it may be more appropriate if I actually met with say the management committee as opposed to myself yes I 'm quite happy to do that to meet any individual or group who feel they have some concerns they wish to discuss and I give that I give that assurance this evening . |
| 6 | The Dempster was called into court by the ringing of a bell and recited the sentence as recorded by the Clerk of the Court adding " This I give for doom . " |
| 7 | After Dame Sirith has agreed to help , Wilekin pays her : ( " Take , here , twenty shillings : this I give you in reward to buy sheep and swine for yourself . " ) |
| 8 | This I gave to Shawcraft . |
| 9 | For this I gave them about 30p , which is rather a lot , & since then they have been running up to me when they see me , offering to polish up my briefcase etc . |
| 10 | In Chapter 12 I give additional clarifications about my use of the word " structure " and try to explain why a structural approach is incompatible with a description of the world in terms of objects and attributes . |
| 11 | On the night of 20–21 April 1808 I gave birth to a son . |
| 12 | I just came to make myself au fait with the situation and to garner some information in return for some I give you . ’ |
| 13 | ON OCTOBER 2 I gave a talk on the British monarchy at an astrological conference in Oslo . |
| 14 | In Chapter 2 I gave a breakdown of the five minimum requirements of the graph search mechanism . |
| 15 | Under normal circumstances the bulk of government patronage in Scotland would be distributed through the agency of ministers familiar with local politics , and it was this which gave the crown its commanding influence in the country . |
| 16 | It was this which gave the family its peculiar importance in the surveillance , and control , of sexual behaviour . |
| 17 | It is this which gives ethical demands , such as those forbidding incest , their sacred character : |
| 18 | In each of the above examples the children have been asked to take on the role of " people who know " ; and it is this which gives them their stake in the drama . |
| 19 | The first , filed by The Lawyers Collective ( Bombay ) challenges the constitutionality of the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act 1985 which gives the government sole right to sue on behalf of the Victims and takes away the right of individuals to go to the Supreme Court . |
| 20 | And some which gives a effect . |
| 21 | Twenty years ago I joined the Labour Party when I was eighteen years old which gives an idea of how old I am now . |
| 22 | At this she gave off a pulse of hesitation . |
| 23 | This itself gives the lie to the notion that America is a secular republic . |
| 24 | Some you gave me wi when I changed . |
| 25 | I am afraid she gives way to her feelings more than she ought to do . ’ |
| 26 | For example , among those carers living with a dementia sufferer , there were some who gave little care because the sufferer did not need much , because they went out to work , or because they themselves were frail ; and at the other extreme were people who ‘ did everything ’ for a sufferer , and rarely left the house without him or her . |
| 27 | Right So this is what some one gave us |
| 28 | So that gives you this fits with this pattern acid carbonate they all give a salt apart from the hydrogen one they all give water as well and this one gives a C O two . |
| 29 | I E this one gives us a a value of three . |
| 30 | three million books on the shelve , and we do n't have time going properly at the price so we go anything you want , bung it on the trolley and soon as the trolleys full it 's taken away and another one given , and you poke around and then in the evening , you stay in a hotel overnight , and then the following morning , they get and you just sort of send up the money and they just shout up the money as we go , then , every time I get to a thousand they say one , two , and you say right , tell me when I get near three , and I 've got this erm , I 'm dreadful at maths , I failed maths O Level three times and I do n't think about prices , I 've never been more than fifteen pounds out . |