Example sentences of "[pers pn] give of " in BNC.
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| 1 | What measure might I give of Thy Name ? |
| 2 | You really are not so handsome as you promised to be ; and I have long wished , by conversation like this , to do away what mischief the flattering character I gave of you may expose you to . |
| 3 | I was the Christian , I gave of myself completely . |
| 4 | In some ways it is an improvement over yet older versions , sions , but I hope you realise that the information it encapsulates is much vaguer and less certain than the description I gave of what single cells can do . |
| 5 | I remembered that German lad at er sat at side and I gave of one my gun buttons and he gave me this postcard . |
| 6 | And he answered : You give but little when you give of your possessions . |
| 7 | It is when you give of yourself that you truly give . |
| 8 | Tho' I highly respect Mrs. Leapor 's character from the account you give of it , yet as she was absolutely unknown to myself , and I am but little acquainted even with her writings , I am upon this account as well as many others , entirely unfit for such an undertaking as you propose . |
| 9 | But talent can be developed and trained and provide a sound basis for you to give of the best there is inside you . |
| 10 | ‘ The image you give ’ , Fraser tells Ilse , meaning the image she gives of himself as a boy , ‘ is one of dependency , extreme docility . |
| 11 | This sudden chain smoking was the only sign she gave of emotion . |
| 12 | She wore glasses with brown-winged frames that suited her pointed face and enhanced the impression she gave of being about to become airborne . |
| 13 | No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards . |
| 14 | The picture we give of them is still that of Posidonius . |
| 15 | From our union we gave of ourselves in what way we could to those who sought or needed our support . |
| 16 | But what is most striking about both books is the sense they give of how desolate and enclosed an adolescence could be , at opposite ends of the society . |
| 17 | For George Eliot , the charm of similar objects inheres in the evidence they give of use : |
| 18 | But there is some instability in the accounts he gives of dark professions of faith , in his acerbities and fatalities . |
| 19 | The details he gives of contemporary medical practice are explicit . |
| 20 | The major example that he gives of informalisation is what he takes to be the decrease of social restraints , particularly in the middle classes , imposed upon sexual behaviour and other connected spheres of conduct . |
| 21 | He is famous for the balls-ups that seem to happen around him , and for the modest , humorous accounts he gives of them . |
| 22 | He simulates the picaresque ingenuousness of the alien , pretending to learn English from the children in order to gain their confidence , and gradually modifying the historical account he gives of himself to meet peoples ' changing conception of him . |
| 23 | Typical of his account is the picture he gives of the festival held at the great Sufi shrine of the Qadam Sharif , which sheltered the supposed Footprint of the Holy Prophet . |
| 24 | And so when he gives us faith , he gives of himself . |
| 25 | To all he gave of himself — warmly , considerately , and empathically . |
| 26 | Just as his theoretical awareness of the importance of sense-experience as a basis for science went along with an increasing interest in practical , experimental investigation of the world , so his theoretical advocacy of Epicurean atomism went along with his actual use of it in his own work ; for example , in an account he gave of various optical phenomena produced by the sun . |
| 27 | And the description he gave of the girl was a perfect portrait of Sandy . |
| 28 | The residential workers found him evasive in the account he gave of his actions and feelings . |
| 29 | What she liked in him most was the sense which he gave of being connected to and aware of other worlds ; he promised connexion . |
| 30 | The account he gave of it was detailed , detached and distinctly unenthusiastic . |