Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll need come a good few times and give it three four six months . |
| 2 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 3 | You had to satisfy the Traffic Commissioners , that what you are proposing would , would answer the cause , would n't give rise to erm great hardships to the travelling public and erm oh you 're preparing a fare increase about a year before it actually came up to , in front of the Commissioners and then he would erm , perhaps make some alterations or give you a date when you could apply . |
| 4 | It is the characteristic chemical products of such enzymes that give a cell its individual shape and behaviour . |
| 5 | The accompanying text pages explore these questions and give definite answers as a basis for discussion . |
| 6 | He was older so I listened to him , so I 'd shoplift all these things and give them to him . ’ |
| 7 | Even for philosophers , one suspects , it is less the philosophy than these episodes that give meaning to their own lives . |
| 8 | We wanted to address these issues and give mothers their names … for they are always introduced as ‘ such and such 's mother ’ . |
| 9 | It would be wrong to pretend that in a booklet of this size , we can do any more than raise some of these issues and give an overview of the way in which the company tries to deal with them . |
| 10 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 11 | QRAM can exploit these capabilities and give you access to the unused RAM that sits between 640Kb and 1,024Kb . |
| 12 | There are many plants that give off scent during the day but which seem to take on fresh strength in the evenings . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | From the noise and excitement of London 's West End to the savage beauty of the Scottish Highlands , Spotlight on Britain enables your students to get off the main roads to explore the many regions that give Britain its unique character . |
| 15 | The benefits that actually count are the benefits to those genes that give the shell its protective properties . |
| 16 | Somewhere in this range , too , are those coincidences that give us an eerie spine-tingling feeling , like dreaming of a particular person for the first time in decades , then waking up to find that they died in the night . |
| 17 | Will he remove that slur on the loyalty and patriotism of those employees and give a categorical assurance that there is nothing incompatible about membership of the Labour party and membership of the trade unions in question ? |
| 18 | Festival staff are always willing to deal with any enquiries or give advice . |
| 19 | They punish you for any mistakes and give you no gifts at this level . |
| 20 | Diana has a duty to bring up her own children and give them as normal a life as possible for as long as possible . |
| 21 | Physical education , aesthetic and practical areas of learning and expression should be enjoyed by visually handicapped pupils as much as any others and give valuable opportunities for self-expression and the mastery of practical skills . |
| 22 | Luke sipped his juice : its extreme stringency caused him to lift both elbows and give a single , embittered nod . |