Example sentences of "[adj] they give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the last minute of the first half they gave away a penalty for going over the top at a ruck and Aled Williams , the Swansea outside-half , made no mistake from 20 yards to establish a 10–0 lead . |
| 2 | Babies should have their nappies changed regularly because when they become wet they give off heat do n't they ? |
| 3 | Oh it er oh it used to take it all depends how much they gave her to do you see . |
| 4 | I do n't know how much they gave , but I do know that it , it , it came into a , a few hundred pounds which is a lot of money in those days you know , when you 're talking about nineteen sixteen . |
| 5 | Both activities can be very enjoyable But neither activity will get you very far in your quest for fitness , and to be honest they give walking a bad name . |
| 6 | We grow up to believe that doctors in white coats prescribe effective pain-relieving tablets and if the situation is serious they give intravenous injections . |
| 7 | ‘ When I go to my clients to collect I always ask if they have any hand-knitted woollen garments they do n't need , and if I 'm lucky they give me some . |
| 8 | And at 21 they give up . ’ |
| 9 | And in nineteen ninety three they gave a thousand and forty prize money and paid out two thousand one hundred and sixty pound on donations . |
| 10 | The most important thing for any parent who suspects that the father or mother of their child will try to take them , is to make sure they give them no opportunity . |
| 11 | Since the licence is valid a year make sure they give it back to you . |
| 12 | ‘ Make sure they give you extra iron tablets , ’ he told her . |
| 13 | ‘ I made sure they gave you one without the prices . ’ |
| 14 | Warren Mitchell went around to see him after a performance and was amused — following Burton 's initial reaction to the money — when he grumbled , ‘ You wo n't believe all they give me for this ? |
| 15 | Eh , first of all they give them champagne so they all get caught drinking and driving , |
| 16 | There was little difference between the performances JR and Sue Ellen gave on Wogan and those they gave on Dallas . |
| 17 | In a survey of school-children , we might expect that the answers they give in an interview held in the headmaster 's study will be different from those they give at home , or out of doors . |
| 18 | Mr Short : As far as I 'm concerned they give up too soon . |
| 19 | 50 they give a little bit more , and more . |
| 20 | But they are worth looking at in that they give an understanding of royal taste in the 16 and 17C , and indeed their founder , Rudolf II , is considered to be one of the greatest European patrons of the arts ( see p. 9 ) . |
| 21 | In Raman spectra totally symmetric modes are uniquely identified in that they give rise only to Q-branches , whereas vibrations of any other symmetry give , ± 1 and ± 2 branches . |
| 22 | In general they give very weak bands in IR or Raman spectra unless special factors apply . |
| 23 | The B team are so determined they gave up holiday time and daily allowances to assemble for two days of intensive preparation this week in Cardiff . |
| 24 | Being smaller and more local they give the client a sense of belonging , providing the chance of an ‘ outing ’ without the long delays of attending hospital clinics and with fewer problems of travel . |
| 25 | The irony is , I do n't think all the time , they are as pompous they give an air pomposity do n't they ? |
| 26 | Because they are Asian they give extra help . |
| 27 | In March 1990 they gave her about a year to live . |