Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My sons gave it to me . |
| 2 | I had to do private and public penance , take a solemn vow that , after I was ordained , I would accept whatever duties my superiors gave me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm very glad that my books give you such pleasure , ’ responded Melissa with total sincerity . |
| 4 | But the fact that you were a close and dear friend to my parents gives us a close bond , nevertheless . |
| 5 | As no temporary accommodation could be found for him in Štanjel my parents gave him a room in our house ; his family joined him there when we left . |
| 6 | ‘ My parents gave me it on my twenty first . ’ |
| 7 | I met Franklin in 1934 when my parents gave me a trip to England ; we became engaged in 1936 and were married in 1939 . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't buy it , my parents gave it to me , when they changed it . ’ |
| 9 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 10 | At I prepared to return to Britain , several of my relatives gave me copies of their identity cards , the deed for their houses and even the ownership documents for their property . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish my dreams gave me as much pleasure . ’ |
| 12 | The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors . |
| 13 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 14 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 15 | ‘ We must beware lest unscrupulous people exploit these areas of misunderstanding and divert our attention from the really important task , which is our common defence of the kind of freedoms we hold so dear : the freedoms for which this noble university so proudly stands and for which so many of its sons gave their lives in foreign fields . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 17 | Her eyes darted back to his and she studied him before parting her lips to give him his answer . |
| 18 | And Irina , although her speech remained ironic , scolding , teasing , her eyes gave him a welcome which stirred his heart . |
| 19 | Upon closer inspection , only her eyes give her away , quick with the flicker of paranoia , scanning the room like marbles . |
| 20 | She cast a swift , assessing look over Shannon , her eyes giving nothing away . |
| 21 | Now , I do n't want their niggers giving our niggers any funny ideas . ’ |
| 22 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
| 23 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 24 | He persuaded her parents to give her in marriage to a friend of his and by constant threats and ill-treatment she was forced to consent . |
| 25 | I do n't think her parents gave her much very much freedom . |
| 26 | This passage from her writings gives us a sense of proportion about our joy through suffering : |
| 27 | The spiny anteater , too , has a long pointed snout , but its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog rather than to another typical anteater . |
| 28 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 29 | She formed a instinctive rapport with many patients , her efforts giving her a real sense of achievement . |
| 30 | A parallel Committee on the Staffing of Local Government was established at the same time ‘ to consider the existing methods of recruiting local government officers and of using them ; and what changes might help local authorities to get the best possible service and help their officers to give it ’ ( Mallaby 1967:iii ) . |