Example sentences of "of [noun] [pers pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 2 | Most have a Sun Protection Factor number , according to the level of protection they give . |
| 3 | For a couple of minutes she gave in to another uncharacteristic fit of temper . |
| 4 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 5 | One of the difficulties of using politicians ' or military leaders ' diaries is that they are always likely to be personal justifications of their own actions at the time , and of course they give the impression that the whole of history consists of political intrigue or war . |
| 6 | Of course they give the heroin back . |
| 7 | And then of course he gives classical precedence for this Tireseus , Orpheus , those poets who had magical powers , Homer , who suggests not only frugal diet , but chastity will be the best preparation for the poet who has this task in hand . |
| 8 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 9 | Of course you give them back to the client . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course it gave me insights . |
| 11 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
| 12 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me . |
| 13 | But er of course I gave up that and went er when I went on to the council . |
| 14 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 15 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 16 | He says it 's not only in terms of money we give but in terms of ourselves . |
| 17 | Council , although , the amount of money they give for this kind of research is pretty sparse ! |
| 18 | In the intermediate steps , however , the numbers are incommensurable : for brevity of exposition we give four decimal places only , though of course a computer will normally employ a much greater number . |
| 19 | Despite receiving a lot of help she gave up looking after the child , asking her mother-in-law to do so with increasing frequency . |
| 20 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
| 21 | No I think what it was was a load of bullshit they give me . |
| 22 | ‘ To the preparation of both courses of lectures I gave far more attention than I had latterly been giving at Durham . ’ |
| 23 | It was widespread among craft unions like the wool combers who were said to have become " one society throughout the kingdom … if any of their club is out of work they give them a ticket and money to seek for work at the next town where a box club is " . |
| 24 | Webb , and others , stressed the amount of work he gave to the poor . |
| 25 | More importantly , from a very early age he assisted his father in his optical workshop , and also in the courses of lecture-demonstrations he gave in the recently established Liverpool Mechanics ' Institution . |
| 26 | By way of assistance he gave the following example : |
| 27 | He said it only because he had forgotten the name she had told him , but the delicious little gurgle of laughter she gave coincided so precisely with another crackle of thunder that it seemed suddenly apt . |
| 28 | I flew over copies of that photograph of Tweed you gave me , ’ Morgan reported as he drove the Daimler beyond Exeter towards Dartmoor . |
| 29 | The role she assumed in his life further limited the amount of attention he gave to female students . |
| 30 | One feature of Tukey 's techniques is the degree of insight they give into the data . |