Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 2 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 3 | I 'll write more about testing the call to such work , but within a few months we gave up our travelling ministry and took a team of sixteen adults plus their children out of St Luke 's and began Cranham Community Church . |
| 4 | Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern . |
| 5 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 6 | Furthermore , this is one of the few studies which gives an account of the feelings after the task was completed . |
| 7 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 8 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 9 | On some issues he gave details of steps to settle the debate . |
| 10 | Here are some examples which give an indication of the variety of structures which can be listed . |
| 11 | There have been some events which give qualified cause for optimism . |
| 12 | Raving resembled a huge , religious ritual , and like other such rituals it gave many people an insight into a transcendental state . |
| 13 | In Bradford it was just such issues which gave impetus to the demand for single sex schools . |
| 14 | Nevertheless on such occasions he gave the impression to friends and acquaintances that in some ways he had mellowed . |
| 15 | Such airs she gave herself ! |
| 16 | See these tablets you gave me ? |
| 17 | An advantage to night city scenes is that darkness cloaks these elements which give a location its regional quality . |
| 18 | An advantage to night city scenes is that darkness cloaks these elements which give a location its regional quality . |
| 19 | In the end , it was none of these things which gave the Prophet his chance . |
| 20 | But he was just in passing sentence so that he would not accept money nor shrink from the right way ; and these sentences he gave after careful deliberation with much maturity of judgment . |
| 21 | It is these odours which give rise to problems , being technically difficult to control at such low levels . |
| 22 | something with erm surveying or whatever erm through one of these courses which gives you exemption from their sort of passing their exams or whatever , or |
| 23 | In all cases it gives the teenagers taking part a chance to see if engineering and the motor industry are for them . |
| 24 | ‘ There are many groups who give people a great deal of help to get over all sorts of problems . |
| 25 | The many lectures he gave throughout his life were delivered , noteless , in an attractive broken English that spellbound his audiences . |
| 26 | As a result , more than 70 per cent of the population now have a Current Account and are enjoying the many advantages it gives them — cheques , instant cash , Standing Orders and Direct Debits . |
| 27 | In cross-examination she agreed that she gave the police a statement and , when asked how many statements she gave , replied , ‘ I gave one statement to the investigating officer … the day after Paulette was murdered . ’ |
| 28 | The Victorian entrepreneurs did not miss the extraordinary opportunities offered by the business of travel and Cook and his descendants had many rivals who gave them keen competition . |
| 29 | Johnson increases in delight ; how many edges he gives to an observation . |
| 30 | However , many 16-year-olds who give birth or have a termination are still of compulsory school age for up to six months after their birthday and their pregnancy occurs while they are still schoolgirls . |