Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] give us " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have begun to measure these trees , noting characteristics that give us clues to their genetic relationships : these trees , growing under plantation conditions , will eventually tell us whether we really have collected new genes useful to farmers who grow cocoa . |
| 2 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 3 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 4 | I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright . |
| 5 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 6 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 7 | It will enable us to focus our activities and give us even greater clarity of purpose . |
| 8 | His blind refusal to break the rules and give us any information was so bloody irritating . |
| 9 | At this sort of pace we will start to lose the landmarks that give us our bearings . |
| 10 | Plants that give us both outstanding flowers and foliage are usually the first choice . |
| 11 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
| 12 | Something to do with the kinks and chemicals in our brains that give us the Talent . |
| 13 | P&O Ferries lent us all the props and gave us expert advice , ’ Peter says . |
| 14 | ‘ We see our only hope as being the White Paper where the money would follow the patients and give us the funds to treat the patients that arrive . ’ |
| 15 | GHI comment : The only sets that gave us a really good picture on the loop aerial were Philips and Sony . |
| 16 | Judy our new Director will lead her team , of Simon , Richard and To and er Tony and I think it seems particularly er , appropriate and important that Judy at her first appearance here as Director , although many of us present , I know , would remember her wearing other hats , should have this opportunity of speaking the Councillor members and giving us some idea of how the Management Team see the future before us in the years to come . |
| 17 | Bring your pipes and give us a tune . ’ |
| 18 | Somewhere in this range , too , are those coincidences that give us an eerie spine-tingling feeling , like dreaming of a particular person for the first time in decades , then waking up to find that they died in the night . |
| 19 | It is clearly seen in water and grass in the milking cows and in the cows that give us meat . |
| 20 | In practice if there are beneficiaries who are capable of being consulted , it 's likely that one will say to those beneficiaries Right we need to raise some money , there 's only the shares to do it with , we 're proposing to sell them do you agree with that or would you prefer to have the shares and gives us some money ? |