Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Now , I do n't want their niggers giving our niggers any funny ideas . ’ |
| 3 | The old gods keep their gifts to give their own . ’ |
| 4 | She had stopped crying when her mother hit her , partly out of pride , but partly out of spite because she always felt her tears gave her mother pleasure . |
| 5 | Give my Jenny back her wages Give my Jenny the house Then get out of here . |
| 6 | This is what central government say that councils should be spending on its services given its populations ' age and social conditions . |
| 7 | The touch of his fingers gave her such pleasure , that , scowling , she coughed all the way back to the theatre . |
| 8 | In view of Leicester Energy Limited 's continued interest in the establishment of a combined heat and power scheme in Leicester , will the Minister give his wholehearted support and instruct his officials to give their wholehearted co-operation to Leicester Energy Limited in the tremendous efforts that it is making to promote that scheme ? |
| 9 | Music has a time-span which is very different from that of speech — it spreads words into another time dimension , so that whereas a writer has to ‘ pad out ’ his thoughts to give his words extra body , such padding becomes burdensome in music — unwanted material we could well do without . |