Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them .
2 A call to your local Trading Standards Department may give you information about the state of the business and your next step .
3 Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce .
4 The following books on different aspects of dealing with stressful tension may give you new ideas .
5 The following case study may give you some idea of what is involved .
6 Hmm , a spell in the reserves may give him his confidence back , that 's if he scores .
7 We may also draw attention to the fact that it is possible logically , even if not biologically , to use old , with the same effect as it has in the phrase Charlie 's old school , in combination with the word mother ; the incongruity of the result should give us a very sharp view of the difference between the ordinary referential variation of adjectives used relativistically , and the semantic effect produced by the difference in type of relation at work in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) .
8 These pictures should give you a clue .
9 ‘ The results of the experiment should give us a better understanding of the way that normal growth takes place in plants and will also help to provide information for the design of plant-based life-support systems , ’ Dr Briarty explained .
10 Choosing three images should give us " beginning " , " middle " and " end " , i.e. what is stable , how that stability is disrupted and how the disruption is resolved .
11 Sir Patrick Mayhew and Mr Dick Spring must give him his answer tomorrow , in terms that everyone can understand .
12 ‘ Do you think that if I said please very nicely like that your mãe might give me a drink , too ? ’
13 However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group .
14 However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group .
15 ‘ Miss Abberley used to give me these chocolates , you see , Christmas and Easter , regular as clockwork .
16 In many cases , mummy used to give you a sweet to ‘ make it better ’ or because you had been ‘ good ’ .
17 ‘ The Radnor Walk episode would give you something to get your teeth into .
18 The Irish Guards would give them support from the right flank , while the Welsh would advance from the left .
19 The opportunity to go away from the school and work in a different atmosphere and with people who might have a different perspective on the management of organizations would give me the chance to look back into the school more objectively and question some of the assumptions I had grown to accept .
20 Political circles were shocked and surprised by the outcome , apart from the Prince himself , who had never doubted that universal suffrage would give him what he wanted .
21 We need to beware of thinking a psychoanalyst 's couch would give us enough excuses either to blow away all our adult responsibilities , or to explain in detail every feature or peculiarity of our present thoughts or behaviour .
22 It was settled that Branson would give her the signed contract at the Roof Gardens , where all the directors of Virgin were meeting for a Christmas dinner .
23 Littlewoods ' 25% would give it the size to be able to rival Great Universal Stores , the clear market leader on 40% .
24 A lunch break would give him his chance , forcing him to make a decision whether or not to delay his own sustenance in order to overtake us as we crammed fruit cake into our faces .
25 Harry was already convinced that Ann would give him a son .
26 Ever the optimist , Davies she was saying that the extra 's day 's practice would give her ‘ a headstart over the rest of them ’ .
27 Three months would give her a chance to pack up both her belongings and her brother 's — and perhaps whoever she found to take on her flat would pay a month 's rent in advance too .
28 The dictionary entry also suggests that the term " Islam " was new to English-speaking culture at this time , and prompts you to look up other words , including " musselman " and " mohammedan " ; reading the entries on these words will give you further clues relating to the representation of Islam in English-speaking cultures , and so further material for your argument .
29 I wonder if other readers will give it a try ?
30 The near future will give us the answer .
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