Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hmm , a spell in the reserves may give him his confidence back , that 's if he scores . |
| 2 | These pictures should give you a clue . |
| 3 | Choosing three images should give us " beginning " , " middle " and " end " , i.e. what is stable , how that stability is disrupted and how the disruption is resolved . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think that if I said please very nicely like that your mãe might give me a drink , too ? ’ |
| 5 | The Irish Guards would give them support from the right flank , while the Welsh would advance from the left . |
| 6 | The opportunity to go away from the school and work in a different atmosphere and with people who might have a different perspective on the management of organizations would give me the chance to look back into the school more objectively and question some of the assumptions I had grown to accept . |
| 7 | Three months would give her a chance to pack up both her belongings and her brother 's — and perhaps whoever she found to take on her flat would pay a month 's rent in advance too . |
| 8 | The dictionary entry also suggests that the term " Islam " was new to English-speaking culture at this time , and prompts you to look up other words , including " musselman " and " mohammedan " ; reading the entries on these words will give you further clues relating to the representation of Islam in English-speaking cultures , and so further material for your argument . |
| 9 | I wonder if other readers will give it a try ? |
| 10 | If the anthropologist enquires in advance about just what is going to happen , his informants will give him a stereotype . |
| 11 | Lots of shops will give you a few quid for a computer which an be added to their ‘ loaner ’ stock . |
| 12 | ‘ Few clients can give us a breakdown but historically we 've burnt up a lot of fuel . |
| 13 | Perhaps the record companies should give us more live recordings , when such noise-free and moving performances can nowadays be taped successfully , and where at least there is continuity of expression , so often lost in piecemeal studio productions . |
| 14 | Many heiresses could give him dollars , few could offer him the appearance and manner of a lady — it was that which had attracted him after the cruder charms of such as Maybelle Foy . |
| 15 | It is far better and essentially less embarrassing for such education to be given at school than within the family , even if it could be certain that parents would give it or that their children would listen . |
| 16 | England were due to meet Wales in the final match of the round robin series today knowing that a share of the honours would give them the crown . |
| 17 | As a peasant from the Kursk guberniia put it in 1922 : ‘ We are not for priests nor for the church , but if only the Comrades would give us a little of what they promise : they promise a school and Socialism , but our hands are still as empty as ever . ’ |
| 18 | Fifty eight tonnes will give us a hundred and twenty tonnes . |
| 19 | Remember that switching off both idle-up functions will give you normal throttle control for starting . |
| 20 | The fruits of diversification will be clear even to the most sceptical observers in another few years , they claim , when the company 's new subsidiaries will help Mercedes build still better cars while the company 's ability to throw resources into fast-growing high-tech areas will give it an edge in those markets . |
| 21 | One of the big syndicates will give it full coverage , and I 'll never have to work again . |
| 22 | Hand shears will give you the neatest finish , but on long hedges an electric trimmer saves time . |
| 23 | And if Third World countries defaulted together , the very size of their combined debts could give them massive bargaining power . |
| 24 | On the first anniversary of that invasion , when thousands of Czechoslovak demonstrators were dispersed on Mr Husak 's orders by the police with military support , he was awarded the Order of Lenin , the highest honour the Russians could give him , and his acceptance of it sealed his fate once and for all Within two years of becoming party leader he purged all but 26 of the central committee members who had been in office before the invasion . |
| 25 | I think it would be very helpful if participants could give us their views |
| 26 | ‘ It is n't far , and the Giffens will give us tea . |
| 27 | Nobody believes that is going to happen , least of all Jack Charlton , who says taking the Irish to the finals will give him as much satisfaction as he drew from winning the competition with England in 1966 . |
| 28 | The figure you get from those calculations will give you a rough idea of the pension you would receive if there were no inflation nor pay rises between now and your retirement date . |
| 29 | We 've got a two hundred and thirty million pound gap to make up and just to put this into some sort of context , the fares will give us slightly less than fifty million . |
| 30 | There are more than 200,000 cubic millimetres of neocortex , and every cubic millimetre contains at least 50,000 neurons with 500 million synapses ; these figures may give you some idea of the complexity of the computer we have in our heads . |