Example sentences of "[conj] give [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People say play a half-fit Gazza , or give him a game for just a quarter of a match . |
| 2 | He interrupted himself to explain , ‘ I did n't make any false promises or give her a lot of romantic fantasy to persuade her . |
| 3 | If you lost a leg they 'd stick a false one on you or give you a set of wheels . |
| 4 | She had exactly six hours till midnight , six hours to make up her mind whether to go down to the beach bar , or give it a miss for the very first time . |
| 5 | Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation . |
| 6 | But you 'll start feeling better quite soon ; a more balanced diet , a little more activity , and a positive attitude are all things that give you a sense of well being and vitality . |
| 7 | Aboriginal communities have been so disenfranchised in the past that giving them a say in policies and decisions affecting them is seen as a key element in improving their health |
| 8 | Indeed , the Aboriginal communities have been so disenfranchised in the past that giving them a say in decisions and policies affecting them is seen as a key element in improving their health . |
| 9 | Leading Scot was Adam Hunter after a 72 for 291 that gave him a share of 13th place and a cheque for £5,783 . |
| 10 | I think I got it because of my local knowledge and the that gave him the facility of being able to carry on without interruption . |
| 11 | During this time Coe was on the dole and living in Bermondsey , and it is this period of his life that gave him the basis for The Dwarves of Death . |
| 12 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |
| 13 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 14 | Because she was beautiful , with her flaxen blonde hair tumbling down her back and those unusual dark eyes and eyebrows that gave her a look of the exotic . |
| 15 | Hidden away , pushed to the darker recesses of her mind , it was a tangible presence that gave her a degree of comfort in the terrible loneliness of her marriage . |
| 16 | Inspection of Enid 's diary , however , showed that there was very little in her week that gave her a sense of achievement or pleasure . |
| 17 | ‘ When I was fired at , he missed and that gave me a love of life . ’ |
| 18 | It was something that gave me a framework for my experience , and in some ways kind of saved my life really because it gave me words to see that I was n't isolated , that there was a movement — it was very real and it was very gut . |
| 19 | Well that gave me a start of course , so immediately I got a warrant out , and he , some while afterwards he was picked up in London . |
| 20 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 21 | ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ That headache has tightened you up all over — or perhaps it was the tightness that gave you the headache in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | The house it penned was old and brown with a porch that gave it a sort of potbelly . |
| 24 | All Americans go Eh Nine o'clock tomorrow I 'm going over to Kate ten thirty that gives me a bit of lee-way I 've got a at ten I thought it was ten thirty I ought to get some money out really You 're not going into Woking tomorrow morning are you doing your quiz ? |
| 25 | Everything that torments me , everything I do n't have and that I long for , that makes me indignant , or sick , or suffocates me , everything that gives me a feeling of light and warmth , and by which I live , and everything that destroys me — it 's all there in your film , I see it as if in a mirror . |
| 26 | It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life ! |
| 27 | There is , indeed , a snake — the Formosan banded krait — that gives you a type of instant miocencia , and the discovery that the venom of this animal contains a toxin that can do this has , indirectly , led to the elucidation of the mechanism behind miocenia gravis . |
| 28 | At the moment , the choice is quite clear — you either want an environment that gives you a GUI over a DOS , or you want an OS ( operating system ) that is a GUI in its own right . |
| 29 | So that gives you an idea of what goes on with doing removals . |
| 30 | We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap . |