Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing .
2 It 's good no I tell you why I thought they were crap cos you gave me an album and it had the had Dancing in the Moonlight and that was good but all the other songs on it were really shit .
3 But if you imagine when you were about this high and someone gives you a ball to kick and you you fall over and you , Right I 'm not trying that again .
4 ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House .
5 I find it unpleasant and it gives me an allergy so I 'd rather you did n't from my point of view .
6 Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time .
7 I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors .
8 My legs are warm and I give them a feel .
9 At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs .
10 He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there .
11 At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance .
12 I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright .
13 His eyes were black and expressionless and he gave her no more than one probing glance before turning away .
14 This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine .
15 It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill .
16 So when you 're planning your retirement , make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income .
17 That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview .
18 And make sure that you give it the way they want .
19 Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on .
20 Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it .
21 It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications
22 We found the discussion very useful since it gave us a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses in the future household projections and where the points of political leverage may lie .
23 The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing .
24 That 's a bit extreme but it gives you the idea .
25 She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately .
26 ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval .
27 But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury .
28 The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection .
29 But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon .
30 ‘ I 've never been quite sure what the attraction is except that the job is n't boring and it gives me a private life . ’
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