Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse . |
| 2 | ‘ I suborned Aubrey Rivington into so far forgetting his professional integrity as to give me an illicit copy of that photograph . |
| 3 | I see this marvellous mechanism as giving us the certainty of immortality , for the impact of our thoughts and personality becomes imprinted in the brains of other men and they will continue in the minds of future generations . |
| 4 | The merger of the two operations will transform Hawker Siddeley into the UK 's biggest supplier while giving it 10 per cent of the European market - putting it in third place behind the Swedish-Swiss combine Asea Brown Boveri and Siemens of West Germany . |
| 5 | Then , ‘ She still loves me , then , despite me being such an idiot as to give her that ‘ see me privately , or not at all ’ ultimatum ? ’ |
| 6 | The Senate ( upper house ) rejected the key elements of the bill when giving it a first reading on March 22 , 1991 , and conciliation between the two houses failed to resolve the issue four days later . |
| 7 | Now , if for no other reason than to give me pleasure , will you please smile ? ’ |
| 8 | Thus , while a Luxembourger , an Irishman , a Dutchman or a Belgian may see a European superstate as giving them a much larger stage on which to perform and one that would cost them nothing in sovereignty since what they have is already so diluted , to us it would mean the end of that independence which has allowed us to play a unique and continuing role in world affairs and to have this Gracious Speech setting out our parliamentary programme . |
| 9 | There is little point in writing an excellent script if it fails , through your own fault , to be processed in such a way as to give you full credit . |
| 10 | When there is a stay or a suspension of execution , he can not rely on the order for possession as giving him a right to possession . |
| 11 | The captain remonstrated , but eventually he had no option but to give it to her . |
| 12 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |