Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present-day breeding habits of some birds give us a reasonably good idea of how polyandry evolved . |
| 2 | The doctor suggested that she might avoid milk , cheese and butter for a while , to see if this had any effect , and prescribed some tablets to give her extra calcium . |
| 3 | okay and then erm it 's , it 's like like some lecturers give you like a set of notes |
| 4 | and some lecturers give you a set of references |
| 5 | The subject of art has for too long been considered by many teachers as a frill , — there it is on the time-table , a compulsory subject ; some schools give it a period a week , some a double period , and some even more . |
| 6 | The emphasis on the last few words gave his game away . |
| 7 | The basic rules are : vacuum your carpet regularly ; treat stains immediately and every few months give your carpet a really good clean . |
| 8 | However , I 'm not too impressed by the pickups and need some replacements to give it a bit more OOMPH . |
| 9 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 10 | Some stories give you in one or two pages exactly enough information about why two people wo n't ever get on , the divisions between them and so on . |
| 11 | He gave me some answers to give you about your questions yesterday evening . ’ |
| 12 | The close association between the visual and the cultural may explain the reluctance of some teachers to give it much attention . |
| 13 | They will be able to send you some materials to give you a plan for getting started and to help you think through the two important questions : |
| 14 | A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly . |
| 15 | A well aimed flower bomb soon put paid to the battling vegies , but only for a few seconds to give you time to pass , save the children and leave quickly . |
| 16 | Few voters gave her low ratings for being tough or decisive , and they were an unpredictable few . |
| 17 | On the other hand , such rules give us additional information about the structure of the complex . |
| 18 | Such meteorites give us few clues as to the prevalence of life on other worlds ; however , members of a different class of meteorites — the carbonaceous chondritescontain organic chemicals , leading us to believe that the building blocks of life must be fairly commonplace . |
| 19 | Like the formal approach to organisations , such charts give us a picture of how an organisation works but it is only a partial picture and misses out on the crucial aspect of how people behave within organisations . |
| 20 | Therefore such burrows give you a greater return for the effort expended . |
| 21 | Such findings give us some clues about the characteristics of boys and girls of these ages . |
| 22 | The regular production of films featuring these performers gave their production companies some sort of economic foundation to build on , as well as allowing producers like Balcon and Dean a glimpse of what a popular British cinema might achieve . |
| 23 | Putting in these values gives us a strength of about 3 x 10 4 MN/m 2 or about five million pounds per square inch . |
| 24 | These activities gave him an enduring influence in the development of young musicians . |
| 25 | These differentials give us important clues about the motivation and causes of the fertility decline . |
| 26 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 27 | Different collectors collect stamps for different reason reasons , do you do any of these statements give you a good description of why why you collect ? |
| 28 | They still believed that they had put a 2Mb memory upgrade into one of these machines to give it a 4Mb of RAM . |
| 29 | These structures gave them strength and enabled them to stand several centimetres tall . |
| 30 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |