Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] a " in BNC.

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1 tangle it , just trying to tangle it up , cos the idea being if he gets round a weed , often enough he go that means , basically it gives him a lever , I mean they 're very clever you know , these fish , they 're not , they do n't just sort of sit there and wait .
2 Perhaps it gives them a false sense of security .
3 So he gives him a pint of water , he goes and sits with the other ones .
4 If the wife can so easily dispose of this property , it may be that her husband will coax or bully her into parting with it to him or to his creditors , and so it allows her a privilege which no other grown-up person of sound mind in the country can enjoy .
5 So it gives me a very good guide as to what 's going on in their minds when they are going through a process .
6 So it gives her a little bit of leeway .
7 That woman 's now approaching eighty three , eighty four years of age and she 's still national treasurer , so it gives you a sort of sample of the , the kind of people they have at the top , who are really their heart and soul in it .
8 So we have to make sure the money you pay to us , actually is going to grow so it gives you a very good return on that money in twenty five years ' time .
9 so it makes it a bit better .
10 Before you leave your desk for any length of time you load Back Soon which gives you a choice of messages to display .
11 It does the work of a whole set of saucepans and when used separately it gives you a SAUCEPAN , a CASSEROLE , a BAIN MARIE , a STEAMER , and a COLANDER .
12 Now he owes her a debt , and goes to pay it . ’
13 Sometimes this means they have more room for wheel toys , but often it gives them a chance to make their own den to hide away in with a favourite toy .
14 I said well it gives them a bit of panache do n't it ?
15 It 's like my wife saying well it costs me a lot more at Sainsburys than two percent , you know , increase over the last year .
16 Rather it takes us a step away from understanding him .
17 Well , one gran that lives alone we get five pound an for each birthday , we normally get five pound for a birthday and then she buys us a present for Christmas or a gift voucher .
18 If you 're buying them as young plants which are probably a foot fifteen inches high then it takes them a couple of years to get the roots established .
19 Erm now then it gives us a erm a price here which I think is weekly .
20 Hey , look on the bright side , at least it gives them a head start for their biology GCSEs .
21 Many carers , I have heard say , time and time again , that they feel guilty even asking they did n't even know they had a right to ask , well this legislation now allows people to ask , does n't mean to say their needs are gon na be met , but at least it gives them a right to ask .
22 by marking your property at least it gives us a starting point especially if it 's personal to you .
23 Whether what you find wholly explains the overall fall in trade is questionable , but at least it gives you a start .
24 ‘ Apart from anything else it makes you a bit uneasy being in the house , ’ she added .
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