Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 2 | In 1844 William Makepeace Thackeray managed to get P & O to give him a free passage on a voyage to Athens , Constantinople , Jerusalem and Cairo and earned money by writing about the trip afterwards . |
| 3 | Suppleness or flexibility gives you a greater range of movements which will help you avoid the problems of pulled muscles and tendons and sprained ligaments . |
| 4 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 5 | Whatever your needs or circumstances give us a ring now ! |
| 6 | Guarantees are , however , only as good as the people or businesses giving them . |
| 7 | You may have a brochure or handout to give them . |
| 8 | This fear of cats , or ailurophobia to give it its technical name , is rare , but when it does occur it can cause untold misery for the sufferer and it is worth examining how it begins and how it can be cured . |
| 9 | Birds of prey , or raptors to give them an alternative group name , come in many sizes . |
| 10 | Mind you , it 's not sunbathing or badminton I have in mind but planting — what more satisfying thing is there to do in the garden than to plant bulbs , or a tree or shrub to give you joy for years to come . |
| 11 | In a constitutional democracy , there are individuals whose status or office gives them the automatic right to be heard . |
| 12 | What is tolerably certain is that he was still alive when he either entered into confraternity with Christ Church or Cnut gave them his name , and that when Cnut himself sailed for Denmark in 1019 it was to suppress trouble . |
| 13 | ‘ The real problem is once again the Government is trying to rush through a complex pattern of assessment without the resources or time to give it the proper foundations . |
| 14 | We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign . |
| 15 | No one denied that ICI gave them first-class products . |
| 16 | It is impossible to indicate all the humanly important matters that literature gives us knowledge of … . |
| 17 | What Trudy and Juanita and the rest of them are trying to say , it seems to me , is that Tod gives them the creeps . |
| 18 | In our view , the advertising award of the decade should go to the brain who thought up the series of anti-smoking television adverts which did not even mention lung cancer , but drew attention to the fact that smoking gives you bad breath . |
| 19 | Oh , here we got the the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 20 | the lists that Connie gave me , |
| 21 | fair point , its still er , I mean its a considerable number , I mean you can see why the insurance company 's are doing quite well , but your willing to put up with that as well for the , for the good points of a car , for the freedom that er , that cars give you and the safety someone has said , the individual safety as a woman , yes . |
| 22 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 23 | Ewen obviously knew his way , but although Neil gave him room he made no further attempt to break free , or even to reach open water . |
| 24 | I 'd like to ask you to er , read it through , and the application form that Jeff gave you yesterday , yes ? |
| 25 | ‘ Talking of addresses , you mentioned that Angy gave hers to Delia . ’ |
| 26 | In spite of what Eddie said , it 's possible that Angy gave it to Delia but if Eddie 's right , then it looks very much as if Delia — or someone else — took it . |
| 27 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 28 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 29 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 30 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |