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 . |