Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are millions of people who admit to being members of the two Christian churches and their various sects , but who do little or nothing to give substance to that admission . |
| 2 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 3 | So you just bring them home at lunchtime or something give him a |
| 4 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 5 | But Karplus claimed that nothing gives theoreticians grater satisfaction than to find close harmony between their results and the laboratory results . |
| 6 | Almost all of them express gratitude that somebody gives a shit . |
| 7 | ‘ The facts are , George , that nobody gives a toss about that second rate little country ! ’ |
| 8 | There 's no point in asking for feelings and responses on something that nobody gives two hoots about . |
| 9 | The militant , comprising four fields ( Kent , Scotland , South Wales and Yorkshire ) which consistently gave the strongest support to the strike call , although none gave it a majority at every ballot . |
| 10 | I am told there are two sisters who dwell under one roof , and can not speak to one another , for the one is a Free Churcher and the other is a Baptist ; and that one gave to the other cause of great offence , having put cream in the tea of the other when such kind office was not desired . |
| 11 | It 's good to feel that one gives pleasure . ’ |
| 12 | In other cases , where rhythmic pulse is an important component of the accompaniment , the harmonic and rhythmic movements have to be fused together , so that one gives point to the other . |
| 13 | The more drugs that one gives , the more likely it is that damage to host DNA polymerase will take place . |
| 14 | Relativism asserts the view that everything given — this word being taken in the widest possible sense — can be grasped only in perspectives ; but this proposition itself is supposed to be valid absolutely , not just for one perspective . |
| 15 | I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country . |
| 16 | The Roman Emperors were much more slippery than anyone gives them credit for . |
| 17 | IRA bomber Rosena Brown was a better actress than anyone gave her credit for . |
| 18 | To the crowd who assembled , the Provo Sergeant announced that anyone giving credit to members of the regiment which had just arrived did so at their own risk . |
| 19 | So this was London at last , and nothing gave me more pleasure than strolling around my new possession all day . |
| 20 | He was no respecter of persons or institutions or ideas just because they were vested with a brief authority , and nothing gave him more pleasure than to prick the bubble of pretension . |
| 21 | Under his guidance , Parliament House was transformed from a nineteenth-century warren into a modern court-house and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to explore , and share with others , its secrets and treasures . |
| 22 | Changes in media personnel are fairly frequent and nothing gives a worse impression of the PR executive the continual receipt of material with a predecessor 's name or even their predecessor 's predecessor 's name on it . |
| 23 | If we all stick together and no-one gives them anything , they 'll soon be starving hungry themselves . |
| 24 | Trouble is , if someone gave you icing all the time and no cake , that just sucks . |
| 25 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 26 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 27 | If someone gave you minus four , it would turn that into sixteen . |
| 28 | So are you happy with that , that you can if someone gives you someone says Draw er a figure , er a regular polygon with twelve sides , you kn you know how to construct one ? |
| 29 | If someone gives you a polygon to draw |
| 30 | So , if someone gives you like something like this say , erm ten to the minus eight , and you want to know I mean you keep seeing this . |