Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She mentioned a conference at Lancaster University , where she 'd given a talk called ‘ Bringing Spirituality into Organizations ’ . |
| 2 | Captain Swan was the trainer on that occasion and Charlie then moved on to the Kevin Prendergast yard where he had to give up Flat racing because of a sharp rise in his weight following an accident . |
| 3 | Spunk accepts a glass or two of firewater and is led to the sack , where he proceeds to give her the pasting of a lifetime . |
| 4 | This type of so-called magic realism assumes major importance in the fiction of Asturias , Carpentier and Arguedas , where it serves to give expression to the magical-religious thought and mythical world-view of the Indian and Negro peoples of Latin America . |
| 5 | The Queen commending his work , not only for the pains therein taken , said that nothing had given her so great delectation . |
| 6 | And that , ’ she went on a trifle bitterly , the memory of the previous evening flooding back with renewed clarity , ‘ is the one thing that everyone enjoys giving . ’ |
| 7 | They were standing now , in the as bomb-hit kitchen , Rab and Doctor ; and Doctor — she was taller than him , what with her feather and hat , by a good head — said , ‘ Those pills that I 've given you , take them only as prescribed . |
| 8 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 9 | And then I feel that I 've given myself to somebody who thinks my heart is a pretty flower . |
| 10 | Well I hope that I 've given you enough to get you started on the right tracks . |
| 11 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 12 | Er Rosie the the press release number six that I 've given to Sandra , will you tell her to hold it please and not to send it out tomorrow . |
| 13 | The best bit of information you 've got is the syllabus coverage that I 've given you . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic . |
| 15 | So know that , if you now refer back to the , the book that I 've given you this morning and if you turn to where it says okay it says stop here do not read on |
| 16 | I think to be a good teaching aid something has to say ‘ Well I think this because ’ and , as it were , retrace the chain of reasoning that I 've just the sort of chain that I 've given you . |
| 17 | The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond . |
| 18 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
| 19 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 20 | He had expressed so often the depth of his love and had made it clear to me that I had given meaning to his life . |
| 21 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 22 | Who said that I had given thee up . |
| 23 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 24 | Fortunately those of my friends who knew me before were only amused by this foolish description and there was no general resentment of my peerage , which could properly have been attributed to many services that I had given to the government — of both colours . |
| 25 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 26 | He and I have had a series of meetings about the provision of the slip road , and he reminded me of an undertaking that I had given when Minister responsible for health matters a few years ago . |
| 27 | When I reminded him that I had given expert advice and spent time and petrol on his call , he agreed reluctantly that I had a case . |
| 28 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 29 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 30 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |