Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 2 | Johnson declared himself in favour of such prescribed succession : ‘ His opinion was that so much land should be entailed as that families should never fall into contempt , and as much left free as to give them all the advantages in case of any emergency . ’ |
| 3 | So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits . |
| 4 | Of the second here illustrated , the Moss Provence , Miller said that it had not long been known in London and the first time he saw it ‘ was in 1727 in the garden of Dr Boerhaave near Leyden who was so good as to give me one of the plants , but from where it came I could not learn . |
| 5 | And I wonder , ’ she went on as Melissa murmured a polite and hypocritical response , ‘ if you 'd be so kind as to give me a lift to the school this morning ? |
| 6 | members to members , and not perhaps for officers to interfere too much other than to give you background information , and it has been falling off , let me just say that . |
| 7 | What other things , what other things other than giving them actually |
| 8 | Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence . |
| 9 | My father may leave everything to me , but I frankly would n't know what to do with it other than give it to Jamie . ’ |
| 10 | Even then , it is not so bad as to give you taxi syndrome . |