Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [pron] [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 2 | In that case I can give you my Mercury my business Mercury number and you can make phone calls on the company from here . |
| 3 | Doing a little research I can give you approximate numbers of the various things the Guild has made since the turn of the century as follows : 645 sets of Mass vestments , 121 copes , 226 altar cloths , 211 albs plus hundreds of pieces of small linen corporals , purificators amices , etc . |
| 4 | In this chapter I shall give reasons for rejecting this approach , or if not for rejecting it then for supposing that the questions it raises can never be answered and so that it leads directly to scepticism . |
| 5 | Occasionally , you meet some bloke who 'll give you this tripe |
| 6 | Er er you give , you have to Jess er some cereal I 'll give her a cup of tea . |
| 7 | The G M B should welcome this move which will give elected regional representatives a direction say in issues affecting their region and we should recognize the successful efforts made by Labour in the House of Commons to ensure the democratic accountability of these representatives . |
| 8 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 9 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 10 | Some day I 'll give it thought , but in the meantime I 'm far too busy — what with accounts to do in the evenings . ’ |
| 11 | This week he 'll give a test drive to 19-year-old Christian Horner from Warwickshire . |
| 12 | Complete books have been written on this subject which will give much more information about when a condition is likely to be serious or not . |
| 13 | Complete books have been written on this subject which will give much more information about when a condition is likely to be serious or not . |
| 14 | This way we would give each student on our list a two-digit number , from 01 to 50 , and then run through a page of random numbers , using them in two-digit sets , until we had got ten within the range of 01 to 50 . |
| 15 | In the body of the text , it may also be revealed that the person is in some position which may give opportunities for taking advantage of children , such as a registered foster-parent , a holiday-camp entertainer , a landlord who placed ads offering single mothers a home at his seaside lodging-house , a coach-driver who took a party of thirty-four primary school children . |
| 16 | ‘ I should ; but this time I 'll give you a choice . ’ |
| 17 | This time I 'll give you covering fire . |
| 18 | I ca n't tell you how much pleasure it would give us to make them eat their words . |
| 19 | It is refusing to say how much cash it will give this year . |
| 20 | This may help you identify visual elements which are unfamiliar to your students and would therefore make it easier to decide how much emphasis you should give to them and how you might introduce them . |
| 21 | Ubiquitous , often cruel , jokes about mothers-in-law underline these ; how much pain they may give to some in the audience as they roll off the tongues of comedians . |
| 22 | You can tell the Volunteer Co-ordinator or a specific charity exactly how much time you can give them . |
| 23 | He gave out that he would hold a great meeting and that at that meeting he would give a present to every animal and bird , to make each one different from the rest And all the creatures set out to go to the meeting-place . |
| 24 | At this stage we are only roughing-out our interview schedule , but the more attention we can give to detail now the more we are likely to be saving ourselves trouble later on . |
| 25 | ‘ And I 've told you there is n't any more information I can give you at the moment . ’ |
| 26 | So during each lesson I shall give you one of these text-books to study . |
| 27 | ‘ If I ever catch our Jane on the back of that thing I 'll give you both barrels , ’ bawled Tiny over his shoulder . |
| 28 | Cos every time Jerry 'd walk round that corner he 'd give it all that . |
| 29 | In those situations where the hole has been dug and the ferret and rabbit ( or rabbits ) have been located , you must be well drilled in the exact procedure to ensure that the rabbits are unable to take advantage of any opportunity you may give them to escape . |
| 30 | Any guidance you can give would be appreciated . |