Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A science founds itself , Canguilhem suggests , on its method : ‘ When it became apparent that every science more or less gives itself its given , and thereby appropriates what is called its domain , the concept of a science began to place more emphasis on method than on object ’ ( 1980 : 38 ) . |
| 2 | The House is expected to submit bills to sustained scrutiny and debate before giving its assent to them ( or not giving its assent to them , but the influence of party usually precludes such an outcome ) . |
| 3 | She could have passed by without rumbling the Josephites , or just given them a light pasting and taken their food and fuel . |
| 4 | All you need to do is pop in to your local Radio Rentals shop … or just give us a quick call . |
| 5 | They would n't say anything , sign anything , or even give their addresses . |
| 6 | Bosses were warned yesterday that secretaries have the power to banish them to the back of aircraft or even give them a poor hire car . |
| 7 | They would rather ring for a cab for you , or even give you a lift home , than have to deal with any attack that could be made on you on your lonely way home . |
| 8 | We will keep all appointments on the day notified to you , or otherwise give you at least 24 hours ' notice of cancellation . |
| 9 | The oriental forests also contain small creatures that perhaps give us a glimpse of the kind of animals that , 70 million years ago , led to the evolution of the first placental mammals and so to humans . |
| 10 | Strangely enough it was a tiny thing that suddenly gave her confidence again — her hair . |
| 11 | And and I I would think I 'm just thinking of freebies that just giving them something , and yet if they 've actually watched something being made and then |
| 12 | So that just gives you some idea and it 's up to your parents if they want to . |
| 13 | Your Bristol & West Mortgage Advisor is the ‘ anchorman ’ ( or woman ) for the whole operation — and does a lot more than just give you a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ when you ask for a mortgage . |
| 14 | He has come to terms with his fierce ambition and his temper , the demons that once gave him a fascination with the psychotherapy of Laing and Reich . |
| 15 | It was an expression that still gave him pleasure and he would have used it to describe his own limited grasp of the subject , but it would have been wasted on the sparrow-sized man across the big desk from him . |
| 16 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
| 17 | It 's something that still gives me nightmares . ’ |
| 18 | He hit one of the great five irons , too , at the last hole , a shot that still gives him one of those lovely shivers of success whenever he thinks about it . |
| 19 | ( To avoid getting bogged down with routine reporting at the expense of his DIA mission , he had telexed Ms Starnes from Zurich to say he had been denied entry , a diplomatic untruth that still gives him a twinge when he thinks of it . ) |
| 20 | This has traumatised a company that traditionally gave its employees an implicit job-for-life promise . |
| 21 | That meant he did n't take her anger seriously , thought he could beat her hands down , and that surely gave her the advantage ? |
| 22 | This Uaru clearly shows the marking that sometimes gives it its common name — Triangle Cichlid . |
| 23 | There was n't much I could tell 'em except ter give 'em a description o' the Italian-lookin' bloke . |
| 24 | Only by constant bargaining can a president hope to bring order to the inherent chaos of the US political system and thereby give it direction and purpose . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it 's time we left , ’ she muttered , standing up and thereby giving him no opportunity to deliver another of his pointed snubs . |
| 26 | ‘ He was first rate ! ’ enthused Surkov , using the English adjective and thereby giving his compliment an ironic tinge . |
| 27 | I was to keep them safe and eventually give them to anyone who survived . |
| 28 | Saint Simon describes how Louis XIV 's adored granddaughter-in-law , the Duchesse de Bourgogne , was standing in conversation with the King , while a maid lifted her skirt from behind and discreetly gave her an enema . |
| 29 | ‘ It took a lot of thinking about — living in your own home and happy there for fifty years and suddenly to give it away . |
| 30 | ‘ I guessed , ’ he replied , and suddenly gave her a lop-sided grin — and all at once Leith discovered she was feeling most unexpectedly lighthearted . |