Example sentences of "of [noun pl] and give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright .
2 At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition .
3 The facts that they restricted entry to the lounge to certain classes of passengers and gave their staff instructions as to what to do with lost property were insufficient to manifest the intention to exercise the requisite degree of control .
4 Jack Carter fumbled a cigarette out of a packet of Players and gave him a light .
5 Dr Merson called for national programmes to make AIDS prevention ‘ truly sensitive ’ to the needs of women and give them a greater say in the programmes .
6 Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation .
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