Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [be] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writer 's giving me a line-read . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 3 | The importance of this decision has already been discussed ( p. 36 ) ; the experience is given its full poetic record in Home at Grasmere , that is the First Book of the uncompleted Recluse , to be found in Poetical Works , v , p. 313–39 . |
| 4 | When Julie Mills moved into her new home she thought all she 'd need to do to the kitchen was give it a lick of paint . |
| 5 | I would hope that in a competitive situation i it is happening now un under a non-competitive situation , er the clients are giving us written remits erm and I think we 'll be going further down the path . |
| 6 | He said the Iranians were giving their fellow Shias plenty of support , including weapons and transport . |
| 7 | Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction . |
| 8 | The alternative was to give it to them in 50 crates . ’ |
| 9 | About this time the Club was given its second trophy and which today is known as the Lovell Bowl . |
| 10 | The lady who ran Ruane 's office said the dispenser was giving them better coffee , better chocolate , than any time in the last nine years . |
| 11 | He ignored the pointed look the DDI was giving him . |
| 12 | By the time the pub had filled enough so that the punters were giving me dirty looks for taking up so much room , I felt I had discovered enough to put two and two together and make five if not six . |
| 13 | Eva 's desire to communicate the gospel was given plenty of outlets . |
| 14 | A fanaticism for Romeo Gigli suggests he 's going to carry on doing things right ; Browns thinks so too and this month the shop is giving him prestigious South Molton Street window space . |
| 15 | The troops were given their briefing in the hall . |
| 16 | The crowd had almost disappeared , and the attendants were giving her ‘ looks ’ . |
| 17 | It would be hard to fault anything they did and although the unit bears the fiddle player 's name , every member of the band was given his own chance to add a little something to the songs under Pierre 's subtle method of musical direction . |
| 18 | Every one of those men who went in the forces , who lived to tell the tale , was given their jobs back when they came back , because their jobs were replaced by women during the war , drivers and conductors , they were replaced by women and as the men came back , so the women were paid off , so everybody who came back from the war was given their job back . |
| 19 | It is well written and interestingly , Warner is publishing it as an original B format and its gimmick to bring it above the rest is to give it a dust jacket . |
| 20 | Obviously it records when and to whom the king was giving what , and so provides evidence on royal possessions and patronage , although some texts specify that the grantee purchased the item concerned , and this may sometimes have occurred even when not stated . |
| 21 | If the port of Murmansk is blocked up for weeks and mackerel arrives spoilt , is it wrong that the crew be given its bonus for so many fish caught , or that the dockers be paid for so many tons unloaded ? |
| 22 | If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day . |
| 23 | Between 1764 and 1765 two outer wings were added and the façade was given its Rococo scrolls by Jan Josef Wirch . |
| 24 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 25 | Willy-nilly , he was now the star of The Hooded Owl , and the rest of the cast were giving him a taste of the treatment afforded to stars . |
| 26 | Now this is an appalling situation , er th the B C C I 's books were certified by the auditors as a true and fair record from December nineteenth er December thirty first nineteen er eighty seven forward a and that meant that people had confidence in B C C I , here we 're told that the auditors are giving it er a certificate of a a true and fair record er encouraging therefore people to in t to invest and yet prior to nineteen eighty nine Price Waterhouse knew of gross irregularities er in B C C I 's handling of loads , particularly the load to C C A H which was the holding company for First American er bank shares . |
| 27 | The strategy was given its first airing two days after the Danish vote at a meeting of the Council in Oslo on 4 June , when it was agreed to proceed with the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty while giving time to the Danes to resolve their problems . |
| 28 | If the woman was to give her any information , it must be now . |
| 29 | The object was to give them a sense of purpose and once they were harnessed to that proposition , they policed themselves , so to speak . |
| 30 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |