Example sentences of "[conj] give [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I think is happening , I find this interesting , people are rejecting the idea of the aesthetic , and I 'm not quite sure why ; I do n't know whether they think it 's elitist or whether they 've got no taste of their own , or what , I do n't know , but people read poems not as poems which convey aesthetic emotion , which is the way I tend to think about poems ultimately , but simply as ideological statements and political texts , or at least , things that give you some understanding of the way people thought or so on at the time … . |
| 2 | They argue for the empowerment of subordinated groups , rather than giving them selective access to existing hierarchies ; for the ‘ democratization ’ of the curriculum by reorganizing knowledge to advantage the disadvantaged ; and for special teacher training for teachers to assist girls in resisting the sexist demands of their schools . |
| 3 | It was the Royal College for the Blind at Hereford that gave him new inspiration by teaching him how to sculpt . |
| 4 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
| 5 | There were fairly obvious warnings here for a man contemplating the future independence of his own country , but , if he was shocked by what he saw here , it was the land freed by Toussaint Louverture , Haiti , that gave him most food for thought . |
| 6 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 7 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 8 | These problems require very different sorts of action ; together their requirements conflict in a way that gives him little room for manoeuvre . |
| 9 | These problems require very different sorts of action ; together their requirements conflict in a way that gives him little room for manoeuvre . |
| 10 | You should aim to strike a deal with your employers that gives you real peace of mind . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think that gives you some kind of hold over me ? |
| 12 | Realistically the championship was never quite on the agenda this year , but setting up a system that gives us regular qualification for Europe and the occasional cup run/win will be satisfactory IMO . |
| 13 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |
| 14 | This exercise should help to clarify the kind of theoretical and practical knowledge you need to update and give you valuable insight into the nature of the job before you return to practice safely and enjoyably . |
| 15 | FORGET the time recorded by Clydal Pal in the opening heats of the Ulster Derby ( 550 ) and give him some support in the first semi-final at Dunmore Stadium tomorrow night . |
| 16 | Mother also went with me to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury 's wife , Mrs Fisher , talk to young wives and give them some advice on the repair of their families after the separations many of them had suffered . |
| 17 | Do this to all your doors , not just the exterior ones , and treat any panes of glass in doors as though they were windows and give them some sort of double glazing . |
| 18 | He referred to plans to develop social programmes and infrastructure projects as a ‘ vision that I hope will sustain Hong Kong during the present period of uncertainty and give us all confidence in our ability to overcome whatever problems confront us ’ . |
| 19 | Moreover , Noorda must finally set up a line of succession and give us some indication of how Novell ( and Unix ) will function when he bows out . |
| 20 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 21 | They can tell us about political slogans ( see pp. 37–8 ) , and give us important information about the people and places who made them . |
| 22 | The sale proceeds will be used to pay off Heywood Williams 's debts and give it net cash of £65 million to fund expansion . |
| 23 | At a meeting in Newcastle , the Committee of Coal Owners in Newcastle voted in favour both of Stephenson 's claim for priority and to give him some money for it . |
| 24 | Now , now that all was lost , lost too was the vanity of the bulging notebook , the diversity of material , the forward-looking pleasure of unpacking my treasures and giving them some kind of independent life . |
| 25 | However , treating knowledge about language systematically and giving it explicit mention in the syllabus is not universal in our schools . |
| 26 | and giving us General Paralysis of the Insane . |
| 27 | Judy our new Director will lead her team , of Simon , Richard and To and er Tony and I think it seems particularly er , appropriate and important that Judy at her first appearance here as Director , although many of us present , I know , would remember her wearing other hats , should have this opportunity of speaking the Councillor members and giving us some idea of how the Management Team see the future before us in the years to come . |
| 28 | It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area . |
| 29 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |
| 30 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |