Example sentences of "give [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say their contemplation can give no-one pleasure ; they are there because their absence would be resented by the average man who regards a large amount of futile display as in some way inseparable from the conditions of that well-to-do life to which he belongs or aspires to belong . |
| 2 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 3 | ‘ When they 're very old you might as well give them things to eat . |
| 4 | Erm it may have been deliberate in that how the Par Party could n't be seen as too radical in order to maintain er as broad a support as possible and allow the peasants to erm give them leeway to do what they wanted to do , but erm it 's quite interesting though that whatever the Communist Party did , people were going to respond in which ever way they wanted to whether or not there was a law there , but they still had to sort of erm establish their legitimacy . |
| 5 | Being able to work on Sunday would give them flexibility in their contract work , which included the Bangor by-pass and Pen-y-Clip tunnel . |
| 6 | It was still dark and cold , so , to raise their spirits , they sang a hymn to the sun-god , the great Daybog , calling on him to rise and give them warmth and light . |
| 7 | and they can all give them work . |
| 8 | I 'm surprised they get work permits cos America wo n't give them work permits will they ? |
| 9 | It was never a question of somebody saying ‘ we have a depression , let's give them depression movies ’ but given the new dispensation it was Hollywood 's instinct to come up with just that added edge that the age required in its films . |
| 10 | D. Co. , who own a chain of multiple stores , agree with E , a private trader , that they will not open a branch in his locality if E will give them £2,500 . |
| 11 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 12 | But none of them would be tempted to incorporate : capital is already available to them ; incorporation would not give them protection from litigation ; and , perhaps most importantly , they would lose their most precious asset — and their achilles heel — their privacy . |
| 13 | He shall make hay with the others in that meadow and the lord shall give them 12d . |
| 14 | Much rests on cross-curricular elements , but unless enmeshed as an integral part of the overall curriculum , assessment and testing systems which will give them parity of esteem with other elements , they are likely to be ignored , or to remain peripheral . |
| 15 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 16 | ‘ It needs an English residence to make them thoroughly comprehensible , but still I should think that human nature would give them success anywhere . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , Frank , do n't give them brandy , ’ begged Bathsheba , ‘ it will only do them harm ! ’ |
| 18 | do n't we get a great big saucepan lid he can give them bill ? |
| 19 | Most sailors soon tire of sailing in the same place all the time and look for new places to sail which will give them variety and a challenge . |
| 20 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 21 | We have five other carriers queueing for transatlantic routes , but the Government will not give them licences . ’ |
| 22 | As I did n't know where Frank was and I could n't give them Alec Reynolds 's address , the Plod soon lost interest in me . |
| 23 | Some visually handicapped pupils have good central vision and seem to have little difficulty in reading , but poor peripheral vision can give them problems in managing their environment . |
| 24 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 25 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 26 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 27 | From this perspective , therefore , employers do not have power over employees , they do not give them instructions , but rather are involved in a process of constant renegotiation of the employment contract . |
| 28 | It 's long gone — we did n't give them arms we did n't give them the sort of training you 're talking about . |
| 29 | Until we do know , we can not give them expression in tears or anger . |
| 30 | But he does give them shelter if danger threatens . |