Example sentences of "give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both took up together , ‘ We give Thee thanks , O Almighty God , for all Thy bounty which we have received through Christ Our Lord who liveth and reigneth world without end , amen . ’ |
| 2 | We give thee to smoke … |
| 3 | Hear me , O Manito , I give thee to smoke . |
| 4 | My finishing-school clothes list : One pair plimsolls , one pair best silk stockings , one Liberty bodice , amen , we give Thee most humble and hearty thanks , we Thine unworthy servants . |
| 5 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |
| 6 | The early runs were made aggressively , but initial failure in Tests forced a resolve to tighten defence and give nothing away . |
| 7 | ‘ We know nothing , we recognize nothing , we give nothing , we are capable of nothing , we understand nothing , we sell nothing , we help nothing , we reveal nothing , we forget nothing . ’ ) |
| 8 | I give nothing away . |
| 9 | This says nothing about the Government 's industrial strategy , because although the Government give nothing to the DCDC , they give more than £500,000 to the Devon and Cornwall development bureau , the inward investment bureau . |
| 10 | As a member of the Select Committee on Sittings of the House , I give nothing away — because it has been said in public session — when I say that consideration must be given to the views of the Lord President and the shadow Leader of the House about the timetabling of legislation , following some of the thinking on the subject of the Select Committee on Procedure . |
| 11 | ‘ You give nothing away , Madame . ’ |
| 12 | You complain about your friends never coming to see you , but when they do come , you give them such a hard time it 's hardly surprising they stay away . |
| 13 | When feeding fish , give them high-protein food and a supplement of dried daphnia each day . |
| 14 | Check the bowls periodically and give them enough water if necessary to keep the compost evenly damp . |
| 15 | Gliders have very low stick forces and the lower flying speeds give them a very high rate of pitch . |
| 16 | Give them the confidence that comes from knowing that you care , and will help if they have problems of any sort . |
| 17 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 18 | The conference was also told that as an alternative to the expense of sending officers to university , it was proposed to ‘ direct officers to research a particular problem … and give them a short period to carry out intensive research ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Och — give them a dose of Archibald Menzies 's medicine . |
| 20 | treat employees sympathetically if they relapse and give them another chance if they take advice and undergo treatment |
| 21 | But there never could be such an observer — at least not if his thought-processes were to be analysed in the same way as ours — because his thoughts about the relations of the particulars would themselves be just a succession of particulars whose relations , which give them meaning , were not directly accessible to him . |
| 22 | Only an idealized observer could see both the inner processing and the causal relations of the symbols to outside objects that give them meaning : no one could actually be that idealized observer , because each observer is confined to operating on the symbols that are within his computational machinery , and this excludes their external causal relations . |
| 23 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 24 | We book them into the Seaview and the Esplanade and give them a comradely nosh-up at the Claremont . |
| 25 | If these things happen we 'll say to our people : ‘ Give them a chance . |
| 26 | The key issues for the future are how to sustain the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers , and give them the support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 27 | Almost always the company will pay the artist 's recording expenses , give them a small advance and choose and pay the producer . |
| 28 | Of course , there are changes in the public sector , changes in organisation — indeed government finds it an almost irresistible temptation to tinker with its machinery , merge departments , break them up and give them new titles . |
| 29 | ‘ Choose people well , train them well , give them their heads , but you have to monitor their performance as well , , he advises . |
| 30 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |