Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of these reasons for creating assemblies at the district and provincial levels implied a desire to make them broadly representative or to give them much clout , but as the draft legislation passed through the upper reaches of the government keen reformers got their hands on it . |
| 2 | The hull was presumably steel ; it was this that gave her a rust-streaked look under the dirty coating of ice and snow . |
| 3 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 4 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 5 | She sometimes remembered this and gave it thought . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew you had obtained this and gave it to … er … |
| 7 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 8 | When I see the kid alive , I dismantle this and give you the stones . |
| 9 | Yeah yeah might as well I 'll make the mincemeat , mince pies this and give you some Ann that 'll save you doing them , wo n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ It was only intended as a short-term measure , ’ Schaffer objected , ‘ to keep the valley clear and give us the best possible chance for a manhunt . ’ |
| 11 | If you forget , the helicopter will resume flying crabwise and give you a fairly gentle reminder . |
| 12 | But this kind of stimulus neighbourhood he engineers point of view is actually extremely interesting and give you a hell of a lot of job satisfaction because you are getting the youngsters really involved in what it 's all about . |
| 13 | We try to rotate all the jobs on site between the eight of us — it makes life more interesting and gives us more flexibility . |
| 14 | And she 's giving it , do you want a chocolate bar ? it 's poison I break it in half and give it to Geraldine first . |
| 15 | That cut our speed some and gave me thinking time , but the traffic seemed to consist entirely of black cabs and VW Golfs full of party-hoppers . |
| 16 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 17 | He ‘ caught numerous examples , marked and gave them their liberty , in order to ascertain whether the individuals which were flying round the ship at nightfall , were the same that were similarly engaged at daylight in the morning after a night 's run of 120 miles , and which in nearly every instance proved to be the case . ’ |
| 18 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 19 | erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend |
| 20 | Johnson declared himself in favour of such prescribed succession : ‘ His opinion was that so much land should be entailed as that families should never fall into contempt , and as much left free as to give them all the advantages in case of any emergency . ’ |
| 21 | So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits . |
| 22 | However , most of what they say has been very constructive and it is taking on board these improvements where possible that give us a better service to our customers . |
| 23 | ‘ Keep him warm and give him plenty to drink . |
| 24 | I peeled off five hundreds and gave them to the officer . |
| 25 | Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . |
| 26 | Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . |
| 27 | Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . |
| 28 | Mr Yeltsin 's team was preparing to counter-attack today with a draft of a new constitution that would extend the presidential term from five years to six and give him a right of veto over parliamentary Bills and to pick a small team of state ministers . |
| 29 | It worried him a bit , but it was n't here that he looked nervous and gave me reason to be concerned . |
| 30 | This sets him apart from the ordinary and gives him a reason for living . |