Example sentences of "[noun pl] and give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 2 | They recorded the usual four songs and gave them both English and Ukrainian names . |
| 3 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 4 | The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits . |
| 5 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 6 | The woman at the door raised weary , gold-lidded eyes and gave her an anonymous welcoming smile . |
| 7 | I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look . |
| 8 | If the garden does not already have them , then you will be able to erect fences that are high enough to deter intruders and give you privacy of course . |
| 9 | It was alleged by his widow that Thomas Flete , as agent of Clemens , ‘ … him feloniously slew and murdered and clove his head in four parties and gave him ten deadly wounds in his body and when he was dead they cut off one of his legs and one of his arms and his head from his body to make him sure ’ . |
| 10 | Clare takes conventional subjects and gives them a twist , physically and artistically . |
| 11 | For example , they have argued against almost every EC directive which would have improved women 's poor position in the work force , increased their opportunities and given them increased freedom to work . |
| 12 | Alright , what 's happening now , is that we 're taking resources away from those efficient sectors and giving it to inefficient agriculture . |
| 13 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal held that the ordinary rules of construction require the court to look at the section 's words and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 15 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 16 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 17 | He shrugged his broad shoulders and gave her a warm smile . |
| 18 | They shared a commiserating smile , and Mick put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a friendly hug . |
| 19 | He terrified the inhabitants of Staufen Swabia , confiscated fiefs which had been conferred on ecclesiastics and gave them to his Saxon and English supporters . |
| 20 | Tom picked up Willie 's three books and gave them to him to carry . |
| 21 | If they had difficulties then I broke each stage down into small steps and gave them repeated practice . |
| 22 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 23 | Thacker put his hands back in his pockets and gave her a pitying look . |
| 24 | She wrapped up the clogs and gave them back to me with the instruction that I was only to wear the shoes when I came to call . |
| 25 | I found the main control lines and gave them to Esmerelda , showing her how to hold them , and where . |
| 26 | If you struggled with rollers and gave them up as a bad job about ten years ago , you 'll be surprised at the simplicity of the latest setting appliances . |
| 27 | Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles . |
| 28 | I jump to my feet and give her a hug , and she pats my back . |
| 29 | It urged skins to ‘ I want all you skinheads to get up on your feet , put your braces together and your boots on your feet and give me some of that oooold moooonstompin ! ’ but it was a crude attempt to satisfy the skinhead market . |
| 30 | He stared back and , blushing with confusion , she rose to her feet and gave him a little bob . |