Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the first anniversary of that invasion , when thousands of Czechoslovak demonstrators were dispersed on Mr Husak 's orders by the police with military support , he was awarded the Order of Lenin , the highest honour the Russians could give him , and his acceptance of it sealed his fate once and for all Within two years of becoming party leader he purged all but 26 of the central committee members who had been in office before the invasion . |
| 2 | Hmm , a spell in the reserves may give him his confidence back , that 's if he scores . |
| 3 | England were due to meet Wales in the final match of the round robin series today knowing that a share of the honours would give them the crown . |
| 4 | As a peasant from the Kursk guberniia put it in 1922 : ‘ We are not for priests nor for the church , but if only the Comrades would give us a little of what they promise : they promise a school and Socialism , but our hands are still as empty as ever . ’ |
| 5 | We 've got a two hundred and thirty million pound gap to make up and just to put this into some sort of context , the fares will give us slightly less than fifty million . |
| 6 | ‘ It is n't far , and the Giffens will give us tea . |
| 7 | Nobody believes that is going to happen , least of all Jack Charlton , who says taking the Irish to the finals will give him as much satisfaction as he drew from winning the competition with England in 1966 . |
| 8 | The fact that the changes will give us a stronger , better Bank and a better place in which to work does n't make their impact any easier to bear . |
| 9 | A metal plus an acid and most of the metals and most of the acids 'll give you hydrogen . |
| 10 | A brief look at the tables will give you an idea of the type of symptoms and detail that is required . |
| 11 | As yet Cregagh Bonsai is in its infancy but Stephen is in no doubt that the interest in the trees will give him more than enough business to handle . |
| 12 | ‘ The reason the auditors will give us trouble , Mike , is that they have to certify that our accounts give a true and fair account of the financial state of the business . |
| 13 | Unlike Mengele , a freelance monster exploiting opportunities only the Nazis could give him , and unlike Teller , so openly fronting for the Pentagon , our anonymous scientist would acknowledge his dreadful error , his responsibility . |
| 14 | The Americans would give him the key to the US armoury . |
| 15 | But later he said : ‘ If the public thinks I deserve to fight for the title again and one of the champions would give me a title shot , I 'll come back . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you think the publishers will give me an advance on it ? ’ |
| 17 | Does he recall that he said that if the business community took the first step he and the police would give it whatever support and back-up it needed ? |
| 18 | An increasingly broad appreciation of the Scriptures will give us a developing ability to scent the will of God in any given situation . |
| 19 | Their demands are simple : the adventurers must give them something to eat if they want to pass unmolested . |
| 20 | One o ’ the clerks 'd give you a paper bag . ’ |
| 21 | I wonder what price the bookies would give us for a Central South treble ; that 's Oxford to win the Boat Race , Gloucester to reach the Cup Final and Swindon to beat West Brom . |
| 22 | The spirits will give him everything he wants . |
| 23 | His study took three months to prepare and , considers the markets available , it considers things like recycling credits that the councils can give you . |