Example sentences of "[pers pn] give as " in BNC.

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1 You 'll come along and you say , right I will I 'm going to You 're going to take as your input , whatever I give as output .
2 But what comes out of it is what you give as a human being .
3 I bought a couple of bits for you to give as presents if you 'd like .
4 ‘ Different , ’ she gave as a verdict , keen not to appear girlishly bowled over by all these unusual tastes , opting for the shrimp special with deep-fried vegetables , and eyeing Guy Sterne 's dark face with calm determination .
5 But can we give as a definition of pragmatics nothing but the complement of , or the residue left by , semantics in the field of meaning ?
6 He tricks young girls into having sexual intercourse with him , and he steals children whom he gives as food to his dogs .
7 He gives as an example of this the growth of a ‘ pornocracy ’ and through the break-up of the sex-procreation nexus has come the increasing commodification of pleasure — the developing range of sex-pleasure items on the market .
8 Indeed , when Bernard Bergonzi complains of the uniformity of the novels he is obliged as a reviewer to read , he gives as a sample situation a scenario that could well be based on The Languages of Love : ‘ a very sensitive , rather neurotic girl , living in an Earls Court bedsitter and having sexual difficulties ’ ( 1979:24 ) .
9 He gave as an example the New York Times which , he said , received over two million words a day .
10 He gave as an example the ‘ Union of Building and Repair Workers of Korea ’ with an alleged membership of over one million , which was challenged by the Soviet delegation ; subsequently the American delegation conceded it did not exist .
11 He gave as the ground for his refusal Matadial 's acceptance that her statement to the police was incorrect , but Mr. Pantry did not oppose the application and their Lordships consider that the judge would have done better to read the statement before giving his ruling .
12 As Mr. Ratcliffe pointed out , others suffer similarly and he gave as a worse example a village called Iwade , situated on the main road to Sheerness Docks .
13 He gave as an example some of the early work in genetics which has paved the way for biotechnological developments .
14 Its local Shetland name is ‘ neesick ’ , which means ‘ the sneezer ’ , referring to the explosive exhalation of breath it gives as it surfaces for air .
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