Example sentences of "[vb base] it [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I hope it might give a ten year old kid a little inspiration , a little boost and when it comes out of him , I 'm happy . |
2 | I know it will give as much joy and satisfaction to you as it will to me , to know that we have played our part in this great crusade for children 's health . |
3 | " But I suppose one of us ought to stay awake ; and if I take the first turn it 'll give me a chance to have a look at your paw , Hlao-roo . |
4 | Excuses abound : world markets have collapsed , diet-conscious Europeans are eating less red meat , some people in Britain fear it will give them mad cow disease . |
5 | But I mean it 'll give you er a wattage er , whatever it is |
6 | I think it may give the Reader a worse Idea of her Person than it deserv 'd , which was very far from being shocking ; tho' there was nothing extraordinary in it . |
7 | I , I think it would give erm I , what you would probably do would be to put those three things |
8 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
9 | I think it provides very good value for money , er , I think it will give Shropshire workers some of the protection that they 're lacking from the statutory instruments that are being removed , and from the labour market conditions they face , and erm , maybe er , a , a , some successful operations by this er , low pay unit would , would , would improve , improve the position in Shropshire , and maybe er , get employers to , to improve the er , conditions and wages that they offer , so I would certainly support er , option two . |
10 | Well it will , I do n't know , otherwise I think it will give it to the . |
11 | I think it 'd give me a headache , not take it away . |
12 | Well if you do it 'll give us a chance to find out whether he 's coming home today or tomorrow , and it 'll give your mum a chance to get back to Southwold |
13 | Then , taking into account the resources of the authority , and the revenue available to it from the National Non-domestic Rate , the government is to decide how much Revenue Support Grant it will give , and how much revenue it considers should be raised by the authority itself through Community Charge . |