Example sentences of "but give " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're closing soon , but give us a chance , OK ? ’ |
| 2 | Signs point the way along a twisting path towards the site but give no warning of what is to come . |
| 3 | ‘ But give me this any time , ’ he laughed . |
| 4 | The political crisis which vastly increased its recruitment could not help but give it an unusual character . |
| 5 | It should be interesting but not too interesting , fit in thematically and colour-wise but give a ‘ clean ’ backdrop to speakers . |
| 6 | About wet conditions that may be dangerous but give rise to regeneration , and scorched ones that appear daunting but may lead to growth . ’ |
| 7 | We not only provide practice in analysing experiences , but give students a glimpse of a more humane society and urge them to push back the boundaries that inhibit them . ’ |
| 8 | Trying everything — squatting , birthing chairs , all fours — but give up and lie down . |
| 9 | but give me back … |
| 10 | But give me courage too , |
| 11 | Eggs are spherical but give rise to animals with well-defined axes with heads at one end and ‘ tails ’ at the other . |
| 12 | In the former of these circumstances the old county histories may be searched to considerable effect , for not only may they describe the church as it then was , but give further clues as to where data may be found . |
| 13 | Sweet little dairy-maid who 'd enchant the customers but give them all the wrong change ? |
| 14 | But give us a good meal first , wo n't you — I have n't had good home-cooking for … for two and a half days . |
| 15 | But give his sisters anything , never ! |
| 16 | When asked a question do not rush at your answer but give yourself a second or two to compose your thoughts . |
| 17 | They will leave a netted rabbit as they will have been trained to do but give full chase to those running free . |
| 18 | ‘ Give the Germans five Deutschmarks and they will save it ’ , said John Major as Chancellor of the Exchequer , ‘ but give the British five pounds and they will borrow £25 and spend it . ’ |
| 19 | Goldfish , for instance , lay hundreds of eggs at a time , but give them no parental care at all . |
| 20 | ‘ But give me warmth in a woman . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But give us all a chance and we will soon repay such faith . ’ |
| 22 | But give thanks to God above ? |
| 23 | But give yourself you must , for selfishness must be conquered . |
| 24 | But give toddlers lots of fruit and vegetables . |
| 25 | Letter databases needed for matching are smaller , but give a much larger number of potential candidates . |
| 26 | But give me a chance . |
| 27 | Interestingly , they use the same term for aggression as the Buid , but give it precisely the opposite moral evaluation : ‘ A maisug person is combative and not deterred by physical danger and risk , one who has strong feelings and is not afraid to express them … |
| 28 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 29 | For example , people who wish to record the activity of single cells in the brains of freely moving animals argue about whether to use very fine electrodes that can record from even the smallest cells but give very unstable recordings , or to use larger electrodes that bias the sample to larger cells but give more stable recordings ( O'Keefe and Conway 1978 ; Olds et al . |
| 30 | For example , people who wish to record the activity of single cells in the brains of freely moving animals argue about whether to use very fine electrodes that can record from even the smallest cells but give very unstable recordings , or to use larger electrodes that bias the sample to larger cells but give more stable recordings ( O'Keefe and Conway 1978 ; Olds et al . |