Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unique formulation contains Panthenol Pro-Vitamin B5 to thicken hair , repair damage and give ultra body and shine — without over-loading the hair shaft . |
| 2 | Provide paints and give a prize for the best-decorated egg . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people who choose to work more than 48 hours per week , and who thereby earn overtime and give greater security to their families , would be most upset if an edict from Brussels took the right to work such overtime away from them , especially as hon. Members would be excluded from the rules , as would the bureaucrats in Europe and all managers and executives ? |
| 4 | The vagina , like the mouth , ears , or any other orifice open to the outside world is , as a matter of course , populated by many microorganisms , most of which rarely cause problems and give their host little reason to be aware of their presence . |
| 5 | There is support for such a pragmatic concept of reference in Strawson 's ( 1950 ) claim that ‘ 'referring ’ is not something an expression does ; it is something that someone can use an expression to do' ; and in Searle 's view that ‘ in the sense in which speakers refer , expressions do not refer any more than they make promises or give orders ’ ( 1979 : 155 ) . |
| 6 | This will help to cut pollution and save energy and give a valuable boost to the housing market . |
| 7 | In Svidrigailov 's America there is no air to struggle for , and no rain to soften hearts and freshen cities and give the excluded ( or self-excluding ) man occasion for jokes about fear and death . |
| 8 | If you do not know what a tree or shrub is , exercise clemency and give it a year 's grace to demonstrate its worth before you turn it over to the axeman . |
| 9 | Attention — leaders initially pay attention and give time to subordinates . |
| 10 | Because of this , humans ' actions are meaningful : they define situations and give meaning to their actions and those of others . |
| 11 | If women ask questions and give cues like ‘ d' you know what ? ’ , men are obliged to engage in talk . |
| 12 | Such experiences vivify learning and give children the opportunity to talk and , through talk , to explore ideas . |
| 13 | You can make suggestions , offer advice and give support but final decisions must be theirs . |
| 14 | Rosalba closed her eyes , and beseeched heaven , not for the first time , ‘ Dear Lady , Lady who has known tears and cares and the love of God on earth , please help Serafina and give her lots of milk so she can make money and give her strength and stop people being unkind to her . |
| 15 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 16 | See your fitness improve weekly with a Medau class designed to keep your body supple , improve posture and give you that lively feeling . |
| 17 | In any operations that include the use of soap , the hardness is detrimental , because lime soaps are formed that waste soap and give rise to sticky deposits on fabric and machines . |
| 18 | She says : ‘ People tend to forget that WRVS volunteers have jobs and give up their spare time willingly to help the public . |