Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | How was I to know it would give her a heart attack when it reacted unfavourably with some other medicine she was taking/ I only meant to give her a bit of discomfort . |
| 2 | The Government says it would give the pensioners more security . |
| 3 | A Herefordshire butcher has welcomed the scheme … he says it will give the county breed a much-needed boost : |
| 4 | The Met Office says it should give them much more accurate information . |
| 5 | Mummie says it could give me cancer , who cares ? |
| 6 | ‘ I hope it might give a ten year old kid a little inspiration , a little boost and when it comes out of him , I 'm happy . |
| 7 | I know it will give as much joy and satisfaction to you as it will to me , to know that we have played our part in this great crusade for children 's health . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | " But I suppose one of us ought to stay awake ; and if I take the first turn it 'll give me a chance to have a look at your paw , Hlao-roo . |
| 10 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 11 | She knew it would give a nasty sting , but it would n't cut her flesh to ribbons . |
| 12 | He thought it would give Mrs Popple more time to calm down . |
| 13 | He thought it would give it a bit of glamour . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it would give you something to do , now that you 've had to give up that idea of working full-time , and with Hugh away in , well , wherever it is , it 'll be company for you . ’ |
| 15 | I thought it would give your mother a better chance to assess the situation if she spent a night at Chimneys . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Thought it might give you an opening , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Well I do n't think it would give a burnt taste but I think , I think it probably could do quite a lot of good for it . |
| 18 | She looked at him reflectively , realising it would give her more time to cope with the task that concerned him . |
| 19 | Excuses abound : world markets have collapsed , diet-conscious Europeans are eating less red meat , some people in Britain fear it will give them mad cow disease . |
| 20 | But I mean it 'll give you er a wattage er , whatever it is |
| 21 | This morning John Smith says he is saddened by John 's remarks , he thinks it will give some material to John Major , I 've got news for him , many times I 've been saddened when he 's said nowt to John Major when all the clangers he 's dropped . |
| 22 | I think it may give the Reader a worse Idea of her Person than it deserv 'd , which was very far from being shocking ; tho' there was nothing extraordinary in it . |
| 23 | I , I think it would give erm I , what you would probably do would be to put those three things |
| 24 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
| 25 | I think it provides very good value for money , er , I think it will give Shropshire workers some of the protection that they 're lacking from the statutory instruments that are being removed , and from the labour market conditions they face , and erm , maybe er , a , a , some successful operations by this er , low pay unit would , would , would improve , improve the position in Shropshire , and maybe er , get employers to , to improve the er , conditions and wages that they offer , so I would certainly support er , option two . |
| 26 | Well it will , I do n't know , otherwise I think it will give it to the . |
| 27 | I think it 'd give me a headache , not take it away . |
| 28 | Well if you do it 'll give us a chance to find out whether he 's coming home today or tomorrow , and it 'll give your mum a chance to get back to Southwold |
| 29 | The starting point is your recorded time and if this has been exaggerated and the defendants refuse to pay it will give the appearance that you are under-settling your costs . |
| 30 | Economy Minister Robert Atkins welcomed the planned flotation and said it would give every electricity consumer in Northern Ireland the opportunity to have a stake in the future of the industry . |