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

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1 put it together on a training session on this and they rely on you and perhaps talk through to the session and say look that when I say this sort of thing , will you be the person that demonstrates or gives me answer you know , this sort of thing .
2 Naturally this can radically affect her choices , as to whether she takes her job back again , for instance , or gives herself time and space to adjust to the demands of motherhood .
3 ‘ Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God : for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth , that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers ’ ( Deut. 8 : 18 ) .
4 In which case she might just as well be punctual for their mutually unwelcome assignation , rather than give him cause for further sarcasm at her expense !
5 Although there are several aspects of the proposal that give us cause for concern , we have concluded that , on balance , there are insufficient planning grounds on which to justify opposing the development .
6 At the first sign of the emotional see-saw that life so often presents , you go scurrying off for the goodies that give you comfort .
7 Five years ago a medical general practitioner might have spent $8,000 a year on an insurance policy that gave him cover for a claim up to $1m .
8 But it was a mask-like smile that gave her face a waxy , basilisk look .
9 WITH ONLY 48 hours to come up with the cash , Michael Knighton 's £20m take-over bid for Manchester United is back on course following a High Court ruling that gives him leave to put together a funding package .
10 now put those slippers on , that , if you get your feet cold that gives you put those slippers on
11 That 's the part that gives you sustain and that 's the part that you do n't want to depress to the point that it touches the fret , because otherwise the fretted strings do n't have the clearance to run underneath the slide without touching it .
12 Can you just explain how that would work though 'cos we 're now erm , auditing by job , are n't we , and given I do n't know the audit timetable I ca n't visualise the effect this would have but it seems that one could be making a change 'cos a particular , a job 's been audited and it effects Q P1 , or something one month , and therefore you make changes to it and another job 's audited the second , another month , the second month and Q P1 needs changing again , and it , in terms of keeping our staff with us , it will be quite conf , I think it 's not terribly practical to keep having constant change .
13 And given you know just just a bit of help , be it financial or or erm housing or or help in terms of of contact and support and er you know having having people round you you can call on .
14 It was agreed that sister would ask the district nurse to visit him to assess his mobility at home and give him help initially to bath .
15 If the local standing of bishops could often overflow into effective influence at the court of the emperor or the king and give him influence with them and their officials , the bishop was primarily a leader of the local community : the Christian people of the town and the surrounding countryside .
16 Come and give him love !
17 Like everyone else they should eat well , be active and give themselves time to rest and relax .
18 Because you 're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to , because you 're sympathetic and give them hope . ’
19 They were a little startled to see two hippies and a Paki walk in ; there was some conversation on the subject and several glances in our direction , so I made sure we did n't eyeball them and give them reason to get upset .
20 ( Of course , it you are convinced that this is nonsense , the book might mirror that belief , and give you gobbledygook .
21 I do not exist except to serve you and give you pleasure .
22 The way we look at it is , there 's people out there want to kill me , and the authorities let you in here and give you access to more than we will probably ever get .
23 Membership of a professional organisation and a relevant forum or interest group will help to keep you informed of developments in the field and give you access to study days .
24 QRAM can exploit these capabilities and give you access to the unused RAM that sits between 640Kb and 1,024Kb .
25 These are expansion cards that plug into your processor 's socket , after you have removed the 80286 , and give you access to either 386 or 486 chips .
26 Tempo runs or low-key races increase your anaerobic threshold and give you experience running at race pace .
27 A place that people come up and give you double your washing powder , where , when you wear a certain pair of shoes , your sports performance will reach the dizzy heights of your professional heroes , where everyone has perfect teeth .
28 He [ or she ] has to decide whether it is more in his pupils ' interests for him to accept the existence of the present social structure and to give them help to advance within it , or for him to have rejected it , on their behalf , as stifling , competitive and exploitative and to encourage them to find fulfilment within themselves and their environment .
29 Joyce wisely decided to take her three smallest charges around the block to get away from the trauma , and to give herself chance to adjust to the idea .
30 And giving you complete access to the information you need .
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