Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of wrestling with the imponderables of land and trees and drainage and crops , he was back where his skills gave him a harsh certainty . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm very glad that my books give you such pleasure , ’ responded Melissa with total sincerity . |
| 3 | After that they can be taken out on the parade ground in daylight to learn the basic commands that their mahouts give them . |
| 4 | ‘ The gentleman before you complained that his lenses gave him double vision and headaches . |
| 5 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 6 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 7 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |
| 8 | Just how successful Reagan was as governor of California has , not surprisingly , been the subject of dispute , with his supporters exaggerating his achievements and his opponents giving him less than his due . |
| 9 | I am the delighted winner of the Outdoor Action Splash competition and I 'd just like to say that Andy Middleton and his colleagues gave us a great time on our week 's holiday at the Twr-y-Felin outdoor centre . |
| 10 | She writes , ‘ The children are thriving and our jobs give us a great sense of contribution and pleasure ! ’ |
| 11 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 12 | The spiny anteater , too , has a long pointed snout , but its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog rather than to another typical anteater . |
| 13 | She knew it was ridiculous , but his words gave her a strange little tingle deep inside , and she was forced to smother the smile that kept trying to push its way to her lips . |
| 14 | Just because our MPs give themselves a three-and-a-half week break does n't mean we can all benefit from copying them . |
| 15 | This is a play in which the priggish young hide their emotions while their elders give themselves up to extremes of passion . |
| 16 | MD , , presented with a colour television from the company , while his colleagues gave him a garden bench . |
| 17 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 18 | Ponies tacked up in the pony lines yawned with boredom as their owners gave them a last polish . |
| 19 | Even when our bodies give us very clear signals that something is wrong , we will hardly ever take responsibility for any problems that we may incur . |