Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb mod] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soft , tight band strapped around her arm was nevertheless a comfort , as the pointer pushing up the dial , achieving a number , was a comfort , too , for now something was being done , someone would give her treatment to ward off the attacks of death . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Brian Ashmore sits at home smoking and taking a daily cocktail of drugs , still hoping someone will give him the treatment he needs . |
| 3 | Someone will give you an injection . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Somebody should give you practice drinking your own whisky . |
| 5 | It would be lovely he said if somebody could give him a ring . |
| 6 | Somebody would give you a squeak as to who it was . |
| 7 | ‘ If somebody will give me a small coin … ‘ |
| 8 | Nothing could give us more pleasure than the sharing of a discovery in art and the process of seeing it transformed by my adjoining restoration studio and framing workshop into its full beauty . |
| 9 | It pointed out that a prisoner might die , before the information had been extracted , if the torture was too severe : ‘ One must give them pain to make them respond quickly , to make them afraid , not to kill them , but to bring them close to death . ’ |
| 10 | No one could give him an age . |
| 11 | A sad tale about a man who died at the age of 103 because no one would give him any money . |
| 12 | The reality was that he could walk into any bar or restaurant anywhere in the world and no one would give him a second glance . |
| 13 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 14 | No one would give it . |
| 15 | I still live in hope , though , always changing hairdressers , praying the next one will give me my perfect style . ’ |
| 16 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 17 | If Coventry lad Jimmy McGee ever again thinks of stepping out of his class , the best advice anybody can give him is be sure to step down . |
| 18 | With a detailed report on the opposition at hand , everyone would give his views of the game , suggest ideas and illustrate points of play . |
| 19 | The matter gave him enormous regret , no doubt an unhappy situation whose solution lay in the lap of the all-merciful Allah ; nothing would give him greater pleasure than to return to Mr Laing his passport , which he had taken into nightly safekeeping only at the specific request of Mr Pyle . |
| 20 | Buckley 's Grimsby Town have won five and drawn one of their last six to ease within sight of the famous names at the top — and nothing would give him greater satisfaction than to leave them behind at the end of the season . |
| 21 | Mortified , inwardly seething with fury at this last suggestion , Caroline had endured Roman 's taunting smile as he 'd wryly assured his hostess that nothing would give him greater pleasure … |
| 22 | ‘ Nothing would give me greater pleasure . ’ |
| 23 | Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see Eire not qualify . |
| 24 | " Nothing would give your mother greater pleasure I 'm sure , Chuck , than to see you bring distinction to yourself and your family , " cut in the senator reprovingly before his wife could reply . |
| 25 | And I only hope that in the end our roads will become so clogged with all these fume-belching cars and lorries that everyone will give them up and start going by train again . |
| 26 | If he was begging , he seemed hardly to expect that anyone would give him money for making such a noise . |
| 27 | A scream begins deep inside me , a scream coming through a big , empty place , deep as the Colca Canyon , arid as the Nazca Desert , where nothing can give it comfort . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |