Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it disappoints , do n't scrap it at once , but wait for a second year and give it another chance to redeem your hopes and optimism . |
| 2 | We are not claiming either that He has somehow implanted in us a sixth sense that gives us certainty He exists whilst our other five senses provide no such assurance . |
| 3 | Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow . |
| 4 | Although historical events have conspired to seal Russian Formalism off from other intellectual developments in the twentieth century and to give it the character of an isolated and localized phenomenon , it does nevertheless have connections with a variety of more recent theoretical movements . |
| 5 | He used to shut you in the next room and give you a pile of books and you 'd have to take notes from about seven or eight different books . |
| 6 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 7 | It was , I think , this last quality that gave him his reputation for indecision . |
| 8 | And erm , the other aspect , the last aspect that gave us er anxiety was something I touched on this morning when I joined in at the end of the Selby discussion . |
| 9 | All I can say is when you read that document carefully it 's an open cheque for the C E C. They can go and come back next year and give you a date for a merger . |
| 10 | Before we start Scottish questions , I remind Members from Scottish constituencies that , as is my practice , I shall seek to call those who were not called last time and give them some preference . |