Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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 Mrs O'Brien here at her home in Slough , was told by her husband that the loan back in nineteen eighty seven was only for sixty thousand pounds , the bank did n't correct this or give her independent advice .
3 It is this that gives my soul all its joyous elation ,
4 The hull was presumably steel ; it was this that gave her a rust-streaked look under the dirty coating of ice and snow .
5 Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 She sometimes remembered this and gave it thought .
8 ‘ I knew you had obtained this and gave it to … er …
9 The military advice given to Mountbatten was that they should not be armed , but he overruled this and gave his recognition to the AFO .
10 I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . "
11 When I see the kid alive , I dismantle this and give you the stones .
12 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 ?
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 If you forget , the helicopter will resume flying crabwise and give you a fairly gentle reminder .
15 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 .
16 We try to rotate all the jobs on site between the eight of us — it makes life more interesting and gives us more flexibility .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 If it is , I 'll just get some and give one each the kids I think we 've got enough sweeties .
20 ‘ I said I was very interested and gave my credit card number as requested . ’
21 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 . "
22 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 . ’
23 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 .
24 When we arrived half an hour later , all the canoes were unloaded from the trailer and we were all kitted-out with a helmet and life-jacket and given our canoe for the day .
25 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
26 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 . ’
27 So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits .
28 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 .
29 ‘ Keep him warm and give him plenty to drink .
30 I peeled off five hundreds and gave them to the officer .
  Next page