Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 2 | I complained to Northumbrian Water about this and they gave me a very dusty answer . |
| 3 | We want satisfaction , we want completeness in life , and so we try this and it gives it for a moment , but when it 's finished we 've got ta try something else . |
| 4 | So I says erm , Do you have any washing machines er that you have and all this and I give it all to him . |
| 5 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |
| 6 | But if you imagine when you were about this high and someone gives you a ball to kick and you you fall over and you , Right I 'm not trying that again . |
| 7 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 8 | I find it unpleasant and it gives me an allergy so I 'd rather you did n't from my point of view . |
| 9 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
| 10 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 11 | He was utterly amiable and without vice and he gave off a constant aura not merely of noxious vapours but of bonhomie . |
| 12 | At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs . |
| 13 | from the six and it gives you four but then you give the sign of a larger |
| 14 | His mouth hardened and he gave a laugh . |
| 15 | It is black and gleaming and it gives his wife Meriel the willies . |
| 16 | His jacket was flame-proofed and we gave him protective padding at the back , just in case . ’ |
| 17 | I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps we , we all have erm thirty three pence each and we give a penny to Oxfam , or we 'll toss up or we 'll , thirty three pence each and one penny left over so we 'll have a third of that penny each we 'll cut it up . |
| 19 | I mean if you go it 's normally I chat about two lectures on that and you give lots of examples . |
| 20 | He had to ring up that and it gives you all the phone numbers of all the police stations in Bristol . |
| 21 | Er the butty paid you , you see , out of his tin , what he thought fit and he gave me ten shillings for the first one I done , first day I done , and I told me Dad when I got home , he says , Ten shillings ? |
| 22 | Once he is distracted , I push on hard and he gives up the game . |
| 23 | I felt ill and someone gave me some DFs and I felt better . |
| 24 | Mrs Chamberlin has more than a dozen and she gave me such beautiful eggs to bring home . |
| 25 | His eyes were black and expressionless and he gave her no more than one probing glance before turning away . |
| 26 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 27 | She dug it in deeper and it gave a horrific screech . |
| 28 | Although momentarily tempted by the seductively rich chocolate dessert Sabrina 's willpower held firm and she gave it to Graham . |
| 29 | It did n't seem my sort of thing at all and I gave Harvey a glance to indicate it . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's funny , I 've spent most of my life thinking of advertising as a sort of dirty business , but in fact the same mechanisms work : you get input from someone , you get inspired and you give back . |