Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , in God 's name , would Johnny reply if asked to give his opinion on the Gulf War , for instance , or the state of Charles and Diana 's marriage ? |
| 2 | Not ‘ you are what you eat ’ but ‘ you are what you speak ’ or , rather ‘ you are what speaks you ’ , is the axiomatic basis of Robyn 's philosophy , which she would call , if required to give it a name , ‘ semiotic materialism ’ . |
| 3 | It did n't arrive , even after had given me assurance every household in would get a leaflet . |
| 4 | When pressed to give her views on Fatima , the daughter of the prophet Mohamad ( whose birthday is Women 's Day in Iran ) she praised Fatima but added that she belonged to 14 centuries ago . |
| 5 | The author is a health visitor and she describes her work in the community as having given her a ‘ positive and hopeful picture ’ . |
| 6 | The dancers explain that they have to think about their colleagues when they 're performing as well as trying to give something special to the audience . |