Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royalists might be asked to image what their reaction would be if the monarch started to revive ancient powers to dismiss governments or began refusing to give their assent to acts of parliament . |
| 2 | Naturally , once the first paragraph of his letter met my eyes , I sat down with reassurance to say how sorry I was not to have written earlier and to have delayed giving him an account of the Italian visit . |
| 3 | Near Fontanellato they had a cousin who owned a caseificio and had promised to give them some butter and cheese . |
| 4 | It was the Emperor Constantine who had given Pope Sylvester the whole kingdom of the West and had attempted to give him the crown . |
| 5 | Many accept that consumer confidence is good for business and have sought to give their members an advantage over competitors by drawing up a series of consumer protection measures , such as codes of practice , arbitration procedures and bonding schemes . |
| 6 | I am just lucky that my fish have survived and have flourished to give me so much pleasure . |
| 7 | There was a new management , who were eager to use top-class athletes for publicity purposes but appeared to want to give nothing in return . |