Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Second , once sterling left the ERM , and with inflation sharply down , we were right to take the opportunity that gave us to relax policy and get interest rates down . |
2 | The parents were reluctant to use the technique and gave her lots of warnings and did not carry out their threats . |
3 | ‘ That headache has tightened you up all over — or perhaps it was the tightness that gave you the headache in the first place . ’ |
4 | Those in the East End included a half-share in Chandler 's Wiltshire Brewery in the Hackney Road , Bethnal Green ( via the Lion brewery , Lambeth , the brewery that gave us the South Bank lion ) ; some of the pubs belonging to the Commercial Brewery Co in Commercial Road , Stepney , in 1927 ( the rest went to Hammerton 's brewery , Stockwell ) ; and West and Co , of the Three Crowns brewery , Hackney Road , Bethnal Green , with 60 pubs , in 1929 . |
5 | A.C.G. Hastings was reprimanded by High Commissioner Girouard for using military means to effect the subjugation of the cannibal Tula tribe ; to redeem himself he volunteered to subdue the equally unruly Awok without firing a shot , and did so — by reminding them of the fate of the Tulas and giving them two hours to surrender their weapons . |
6 | What I can do now is treat the damage and give you something to soothe the burning . |
7 | Membership of a professional organisation and a relevant forum or interest group will help to keep you informed of developments in the field and give you access to study days . |
8 | When the horn was robed she threaded back the leather of the necklace and gave it to Dreamer , who put it round his neck and tucked this frail memory of the broken boy into his furs . |
9 | She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch . |
10 | During all the years I went to school in Parma she never failed to get up to warm the kitchen and give me hot drinks , however early it had to be ; it was sometimes five o'clock , if I had to finish work from the night before . |
11 | His blind refusal to break the rules and give us any information was so bloody irritating . |
12 | Each morning her mother drew Emma 's attention to the chart and gave her a lot of praise and attention while she selected a sticker for her good behaviour . |
13 | In these cases , either assist the foal to get to its feet or if necessary , milk the colostrum from the mare and give it to the foal using a rubber teat and a bottle . |
14 | Dickie had just collected the afternoon post from the postman in the lane and given me my letter before taking in the rest to his mother . |
15 | That was when they all realized acting like this was only playing into the hands of the authorities and giving them a real basis for enforcing their petty laws . |
16 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
17 | It has been found that taking them away from the contamination and giving them a healthy diet for a month can boost their damaged immune systems for up to 18 months . |
18 | Some of the smokers were aware of his campaign against passive smoking — the kind that gave him cancer in smoke-tarred clubs . |
19 | Jason says that you can take any group down the course and give them a thrill you do n't have to be good and special needs groups such as blind people can also have a go … |
20 | That 's the part that gives you sustain and that 's the part that you do n't want to depress to the point that it touches the fret , because otherwise the fretted strings do n't have the clearance to run underneath the slide without touching it . |
21 | Conversing with the mind and giving it |
22 | He helps Crawford 's character , Jim Fenn , who also wants to play the cornet in the band but does not have one , to buy the instrument and gives him lessons . |
23 | ‘ Of course , that 's it , chérie , ’ said Lapointe , putting an arm round the fräulein and giving her a squeeze . |
24 | He bought the rock and gave it to me . |
25 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
26 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
27 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
28 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
29 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
30 | ‘ I 'd rather just take the gear and give them nothing ’ pretends Richard , smiling . |