Example sentences of "give a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the thing is it 's an open plan office and if you 're gon na give a girl a warning you do n't do it office do you ? |
| 2 | You could give a computer quite a headache with an NP-complete puzzle . ’ |
| 3 | If they do come in and give a computer or prevent the school library closing by providing books , may the council not simply take the opportunity to make more cuts in the hope that the parents will pay up ? |
| 4 | I shall give a course of lectures on it . " |
| 5 | Anyway , they would never give a man away to the soldiers … ‘ |
| 6 | A perfectly fitting suit or a daring tie could give a man that added something , revealing the competence which he knows in his heart he has already . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't they give a man in your position better coffee than this , Captain Rudakov ? ’ |
| 8 | Sexual orientation , however , is not directly relevant : being gay does not give a man access to better ‘ survival ’ chances . |
| 9 | If you do n't give a man or a woman time to do a single job properly , then it 's not worth doing . |
| 10 | This magical number may have rendered the split-screen sequence superfluous ; but most Astaire and Charisse fans would probably give a day 's pay to see it once . |
| 11 | The balance will give a datum or basic figure which will generally be turned into a lump sum by taking a certain number of years ' purchase . |
| 12 | If a critic has a very decided political or religious point of view , this can override other considerations in judgements about art ; the viewpoint may also give a bias to the description or interpretation made . |
| 13 | In Leicestershire we are trying to produce an agreed policy between each practice and cardiologist , and I would entirely agree that you can not give a blanket yes or no . |
| 14 | The things in the ‘ outside world ’ which we use to embody or give a shape to our feelings are our metaphors . |
| 15 | But I would give a king 's ransom for a good painter and craftsman . ’ |
| 16 | He would n't give a contract and he wanted us to work like on the , make plenty of slate but he would n't you know , he was n't prepared , thee to pay . |
| 17 | I would n't be seen dead in a navy suit and I 'd rather give a peck on the cheek than a mock-male handshake . |
| 18 | ‘ At the same time , you ca n't just give a heap of numbers . |
| 19 | He would give a fortune for one of those . |
| 20 | The duties of class leaders ( women as well as men in 1847 ) were to ‘ ask each member in turn to speak of their experience in the Christian life , after which he ( she ) would give a word of encouragement , advice or reproof , as was necessary . ’ |
| 21 | A purely national project , however , can give a country 's astronomers more freedom of choice , and assuages national pride . |
| 22 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ? |
| 23 | If pre-exposure endows a stimulus with inhibitory properties then such a stimulus should readily come to serve as a CS- since the inhibition already acquired should give a head start . |
| 24 | Lil and I would always give a home to John 's wife and child . ’ |
| 25 | yes , I think it 's been of an assistance to the court yes , assistance to me that erm Mr has been at least only to of explain the background which erm is not entirely , not an easy matter , so er if it 's necessary I 'll give a certificate |
| 26 | Applying this procedure to the data from this experiment would give a correlation of 0.16 , still rather lower than the figure from Watts and Quimby . |
| 27 | Significantly , it does not give a deadline for Mr Yeltsin to present a new law on the government , ending his emergency powers . |
| 28 | If a relative is sick when the dolphin appears it will give a sign whether or not that person will recover or has already recovered . |
| 29 | right , but we 've never covered all this see , you 've picked bits up as you 've gone along and another thing you should never give a choice of something and nothing you should always give a choice of something and something else |
| 30 | right , but we 've never covered all this see , you 've picked bits up as you 've gone along and another thing you should never give a choice of something and nothing you should always give a choice of something and something else |