Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm frightened of these teenagers so I give in to their demands for money . |
| 2 | Erm what I 'll ask Sophie to do if she 's still going on with it , she 'll be a little bit late , just put a couple of plugs in your ears while I give the answer out . |
| 3 | Now researchers think that the sudden drop in oestrogen-type hormones after she gives birth to her baby may spark off rheumatoid arthritis |
| 4 | But if by any chance the Bairns ' fortunes begin to falter under his chairmanship , and their stalwart position as second-bottom in the league is challenged , then he should not be surprised to hear from the terraces the menacing sound of the fans as they give tongue : ‘ Christie , Christie , Christie — out , out , out ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 6 | More or less handmade , a pocket-sprung mattress is expensive but the best bet for couples of differing weights as it gives each sleeper individual support . |
| 7 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 8 | This too encourages the flow of savings as it gives savers the confidence that their savings will earn a good rate of interest . |
| 9 | PROFESSIONAL footballers talked about their personal goals when they gave a talk on physical fitness to an Essex joggers ' club . |
| 10 | ‘ I said I would give him my pilot sunglasses if he gave me his weapon . |
| 11 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 12 | Her husband 's lovemaking was gentle and restrained compared to the fierce passion which now engulfed all her senses as she gave herself utterly and completely in an explosion of abandonment . |
| 13 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 14 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 15 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 16 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |
| 17 | Erm and it 'll also help us to get the the out of your way , we 'll get out of your hair within five or six days if you give us all the businesses . |
| 18 | Dear Aura of Life , Thank you for jumping and kicking me in tender places cos it gives me something to cuddle — a bruised gut . |
| 19 | He was the head of fine art at the school of art for 20 years until he gave it all up to paint fulltime . |
| 20 | This method may be used as a check on the reasonableness of valuations on other bases since it gives an indication of the minimum likely value . |
| 21 | About two years since they gave me that . |
| 22 | It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated . |
| 23 | It can take as long as two weeks after you give your blood sample before you get your result , which can be a difficult and stressful time . |
| 24 | Well I think we can all , I mean I think just the fact that they were asking those questions I think literally days before they gave the approval worries me . |
| 25 | Some children may be forced three or four times into a car safety seat to learn the rule but others may take twenty or thirty confrontations over the course of several weeks before they give in . |
| 26 | The registration plates said it was only two years old but I stopped believing registration plates about two years before I gave up waiting for the tooth fairy . |
| 27 | ‘ We should also allow dual citizenship in cases where a foreigner who wanted to become a German citizen would suffer disadvantages if he gave up his old citizenship . ’ |
| 28 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 29 | Well the aye , the quality of the cattle cos it gave you a better grass , better feeding before that you see they bought some clover . |
| 30 | Law pessimistically told the King that he would in any case alienate half of his subjects , Unionists if he gave his assent to Home Rule and Liberals if he did not . |