Example sentences of "on the [noun] [coord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pointed out that the incident could be marked by planting a tree on the course or giving a party . |
| 2 | Right , sit down on the bed and give me your legs . ’ |
| 3 | The baby , already stricken with a tumour on the heart and given just weeks to live , had suffered a seizure on the plane . |
| 4 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
| 5 | ‘ Sit on the edge and give me your hand . |
| 6 | It fills in rough patches on the cuticle and give a light-reflecting finish . |
| 7 | Some hospitals are already trying to make mealtimes more fun by having children 's favourites on the menu or giving them child-friendly utensils , but many hospitals lag behind . |
| 8 | At four o'clock , nearly an hour before sunrise , the first blackbird began to sing and Thorfinn moved from light sleep to full awareness a moment before Klakkr son of Bathrik , his body-servant for many years , touched him on the shoulder and gave him the sentry 's report : no movement from the enemy in the wood . |
| 9 | She turned on the tap and gave a whoop of delight as water cascaded forth , hot and plentiful . |
| 10 | I could do little to help in this experience of childbirth except to urge that the mother should be kept in her rough bed on the floor and given proper nourishment . |
| 11 | Aside from her gold medal triumph at the Barcelona Olympics , Capriati said it has been a disappointing year on the court and gave herself a ‘ C ’ grade for her results . |
| 12 | Within half an hour he had contacted those he trusted on the council and given a good account as to why he should fill the vacant seat . |
| 13 | If you find next time you need that remedy that it again does not work , put another mark on the bottle and give it one more chance before discarding the whole bottle . |
| 14 | However , Heritage Year , we felt , would simply provide another occasion , of which there were already far too many , for Britain 's architects , town planners and local authorities to pat each other on the back and give themselves awards . |
| 15 | The pit acts like a telephoto lens , magnifying the image which falls on the fovea and giving these birds superb vision . |
| 16 | Cooke said : ‘ It puts the responsibility on the ball-carrier but gives an incentive to the tackler . |
| 17 | He balanced the empty whisky glass on the window-sill and gave his nose a last wipe , pocketing his hanky . |
| 18 | With a new applicant taking Yorkshire , with Granada strongly entrenched in Lancashire , and with ATV well placed to concentrate on the Midlands and give up its London weekend franchise , Rediffusion could reasonably assume that it would keep the London weekday contract and that ABC would move into the weekend slot vacated by ATV . |
| 19 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
| 20 | One more word — have mercy on the player and give him plenty of rests . |
| 21 | But the immediate priority , he emphasised , was to get back to the basics which Sir Reo Stakis tried to inculcate in his managers : using staff effectively to provide a service on the spot and giving the customer what he or she needs and expects . |
| 22 | He could remember a period of engagement with art — with Greek statuary and the young gods of Renaissance paintings , those bodies officially sanctified on the page or given sexual neutrality as museum displays . |
| 23 | ‘ Surely we must take that arrow out , ’ Perkin said , and put his hand on the shaft and gave it a tug . |
| 24 | I wrote some letters on the train and gave them to my … servant to post . |
| 25 | On a celebrated occasion in Wales a county court judge sitting in a civil case in Bridgend had not completed the case when the train was due to leave , so he continued it on the train and gave his final judgement in the station-master 's office at Llantrisant . |
| 26 | Thanks also to the kind young woman with two young children who helped me on the train and gave me an orange drink . |
| 27 | ‘ Whenever I see Clare , she always gives me a big kiss on the cheek and gives my back a little rub and says , ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 28 | The cash will be used to help set up a family action centre on the estate and give young people the opportunity to improve their future . |