Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] gives [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) If seeing something is like eating it with the eye , so that it gives us sensations in our eyes as eating manna gives us ‘ sensations of sickness , and sometimes of acute pains or gripings ’ in our stomachs , then what physically enters the eye comes to have an importance not only for understanding the physical mechanism of visual perception , but also for understand the concept of visual perception . |
| 2 | The Roman Emperors were much more slippery than anyone gives them credit for . |
| 3 | The candidate must also give his consent to nomination and at the same time that he gives his consent in writing he must state his qualifications to be a candidate . |
| 4 | Last : a solid form of wood , plastic or metal on which a boot or shoe is built , and which gives its shape to the boot or shoe . |
| 5 | We do have a money adviser erm specifically who works with erm tenants who are in rent arrears and who gives them advice on handling their financial problems . |
| 6 | Thus , a man may have sexual relations other than vaginal or anal intercourse with his mother , daughter , grand-daughter or sister provided that she is over 16 and provided she gives her consent in the legal sense of the term . |
| 7 | In China they 've been eating mouldering cabbage for aeons and it gives them cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 8 | Erm , and it gives you part of the range of their proposals . |
| 9 | Right , okay , and it gives you sort of three boxes to put things in there , okay ? |
| 10 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 11 | If he gives you that , if he gives you F of F , then he can give you F of G , and I 'm pretty sure that you do need to know that , so I wo n't bother checking . |
| 12 | She had a number of very enthusiastic friends who did the research and , and generally assisted her , but everybody gives her credit for , not only working in New York , but it actually was not Federal legislation , they had to work state by state . |
| 13 | Gedge has now learned to protect himself and even when he gives his number to friends , he implores them not to pass it on . |