Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their heads were impaled on Charles Bridge as a warning to others and their families were sent into exile and their lands given to Ferdinand 's Habsburg supporters , mainly Germans . |
| 2 | The STV system , it is argued , could threaten the essential link between an elector and his MP given that it would necessitate in rural areas constituencies of massive size . |
| 3 | But the fowl were irritated by this invasion of their hut and their clucking gave her away . |
| 4 | I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that . |
| 5 | Colley 's eyes lighted on his former apprentice and his face gave that convulsive shudder , as of a man looking on something unendurably loathsome , before buckling into a grin . |
| 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 | Although this has the weight of patristic authority behind it , Hilton very simply outlines the bare essentials of the story and its interpretation giving it particular emphasis to highlight implications peculiarly relevant to the noble lord . |
| 8 | His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club . |
| 9 | After a particularly long photo-session , the photographer wanted one more shot and her patience gave out : ‘ Hurry up , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I 'm busy . ’ ’ |
| 10 | Going through a right you 're using your right side to feel the traction and your left to give you traction . |
| 11 | Their shared ownership of the pigeon family and its brood gave Nicandra a happy importance , lending strength to her in her prolonged controversy with Fagan . |
| 12 | There are substantial hints that if paternal family experience encouraged Edward to extend his interests , both in preparing for a career and in his natural history pursuits , along practical and fact-gathering lines , the subtler influence of his mother and her family gave approval to the sudden spurt of interest in the affective literature of Richard Jefferies and , even more , to the reading of poetry for its own sake . |