Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient .
2 A series of four wins gave them 12 more points at the most important time to guarantee not only the victory but a bonus for top scoring over the two legs of the match .
3 I remember when she took us to the pantomime in town , and we saved up all our sweets for three weeks to give her as a present .
4 Nine wins and four draws from thirteen games give him a score of 11 points , three points ahead of Viktor Korchnoi in second place .
5 To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions .
6 Nine jobs in sixteen years gave me an average of almost two years in each job .
7 RAY McCarron , Monaghan 's rotund scoring machine was up to his old tricks at Castleblayney when he fired in two goals to give his side an Ulster championship lifeline .
8 The week-long camps are sponsored by Digital Equipment Company , and are open to students aged from 14 to 17 years to give them practical experience of the computer applications they will come across when they take up their careers .
9 Her soldier companion urged her forward along a gully , which they crawled along until a gap between two boulders gave them a clear view of the landscape .
10 The shaft needed to come through two bearings to give it that stability .
11 A wife whose husband had had multiple sclerosis and went to a holiday home for the disabled for two weeks to give her a rest said :
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