Example sentences of "gives [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gives me the chance to have a last word on the World Cricket Cup final . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's been so long I 've forgotten what 's it like , but this game gives me the chance to change that . |
| 3 | ‘ That gives me the chance of winning all four major titles in a row , with Barcelona already in the bag . |
| 4 | Gives me the chance to get a few things done . ’ |
| 5 | So doing the foundation course here gives me the chance to get a place at a Czech University . |
| 6 | ‘ The job in Brunei gives me the chance to manage rather than be in the background . ’ |
| 7 | Gives me the freedom to walk out at will . ’ |
| 8 | Mostly my father just gives me the money that I ask for and lets me get what I want for myself . |
| 9 | Josh erm if Chuck gives me the money before like Jed does , yeah , do you mind if I sell the ticket to him cos I 've sold one to Ian ? |
| 10 | He gives me the address of a boarding house he could stay at in Earls Court . |
| 11 | it gives me the idea that it 's not . . |
| 12 | She has n't , of course , but she gives me the landlord 's name . |
| 13 | Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published . |
| 14 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 15 | It gives me the opportunity to see God in young people and watch them develop in their faith in the short time that they are here . |
| 16 | Acting , he told me , was ‘ a wonderful job that gives me the opportunity to drink with some really good friends in exotic places around the world ’ . |
| 17 | That at the very least gives me the opportunity er to at very least glance through , I do n't know how long they 're going to be of course , but at very least glance through them to see what I need to see , to see if there 's any which is self-evidently requiring further comment , or further site visit , and er I can then give the Councils a further two weeks in which to respond to that . |
| 18 | For one thing it gives me the opportunity to write to you , and also I must have time to draw breath and come to terms with this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me . |
| 19 | It gives me the opportunity to explain in proper terms why the Government took that step and to give the lie to many of the hon. Gentleman 's arguments . |
| 20 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 21 | But it it now gives me the opportunity to use it er for the purpose in which |
| 22 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |
| 23 | Not being an obsessive gives me the benefit of clear sight . |
| 24 | I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over . |
| 25 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 26 | Tell yourself , ‘ The very fact that I am alive gives me the right to a new beginning . ’ |
| 27 | That gives me the right to insult fools like Fortescue . |
| 28 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Anyone who gives me the information that leads to these people will get the reward money , ’ he said . |
| 30 | This feels wholesome and gives me the confidence to take up issues of racism and sexism in the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group and issues of sexism and heterosexism in the Black Workers ' Group , within the organization we work for . |