Example sentences of "will give [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If you approach production from school or university , your academic qualifications will be noticed and you will give yourself a push up the ladder if you gain more knowledge of your subject by attending a course in printing at your local polytechnic or somewhere like the London School of Printing . |
2 | No ; they fidget , touch their hands to their mouths , make interrupt gestures and can hardly wait for that momentary pause which will give them a chance to get a word in edgeways . |
3 | The point that I am trying to make is that the experience that they are gaining , by working and living with their people , day in and day out , will give them a depth of understanding which , sadly , no amount of university training would give . |
4 | As soon as they mount , he dashes into the water — at best he will give them a ducking , at worst he will drown and then eat them . |
5 | Nevertheless , the strategy is placing renewed pressure on LAG : ‘ Lignite Action 's position has always been that they do not want to allow any form of boreholing or test-drilling by the company because this will give them a foothold into the area and once in , it will prove more difficult for them to be ousted again ’ . |
6 | She was pleased with the flowers and said , as I remembered her saying before — ‘ Before I do anything else I will give them a drink . ’ |
7 | The danger of approaching whole group work by letting children first improvise in small groups and then presenting them with an issue which you hope will give them a focus is that they remain more interested in what 's going on in their group than in the supposedly unifying issue : " Why should I be interested in the corner shop being knocked down when I never use it , and anyway we 've just been burgled ? ! " |
8 | Colin Wilkinson comes into the side and Eppleton will be hoping that newcomers Stephen Elliott , Dave Maurice and Stephen Whitehead will give them a lift . |
9 | some members of a band could go out in the evening and pop into a whole bunch of places to ask if they will give them a gig . |
10 | Ordinary mortals , however , can visit the area overland by a two-mile circular walk from Bullpot Farm that will give them a hint — but not more than a hint — of the marvels beneath their feet and an appreciation of the bravery of the adventurers who dare to descend from the safety and assurance of daylight into a nether world of total and perpetual blackness . |
11 | Yes you know there is a chance still to er get them on a er a route which will give them a sort of positive er relationship to society maybe rather than a negative one . |
12 | I 'm fed up with being the target for all those unattached girls who fancy that being seen with me will give them a leg-up in their dubious careers ! |
13 | I will give them a bonus for not making a fuss about losing their marks earlier . |
14 | Our destination of White Waltham will give me a chance to try some hovering , circuits and general handling . |
15 | You will give up this so-called nursing immediately and you will give me a date for your wedding — ’ |
16 | I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified . |
17 | Do I know that she will give me a lift ? |
18 | she will give me a lift home this evening , |
19 | ‘ Does that mean that you will give me a game ? ’ |
20 | It will give me a pain but it 's worth it . ’ |
21 | This will give him a yield of 10% on his investment of f50 . |
22 | You ask a man who has a bit more experience and plenty of common sense ad he 'll say to you , ‘ Get the lad in , bring him home to his parents and the father will give him a clip round the ear . ’ |
23 | ‘ Your Mamelukes , at least , will give him a welcome . |
24 | But they will give him a bed if he 's got him right , right ? |
25 | The England manager watched film of the Arsenal striker 's clash with Tottenham 's David Howells that led to a Football Association charge of misconduct and said : ‘ If he is forced to miss some games because of this then it will give him a problem in terms of our next match . |
26 | The trip to USA will give him a bit more confidence — and hopefully a bit more resolve to show his stuf in training . |
27 | If the anthropologist enquires in advance about just what is going to happen , his informants will give him a stereotype . |
28 | COPING AWARD : A local supermarket will give him a month 's trial as a shelf-filler . |
29 | Yeah I will give him a ring |
30 | Young moves round the corner to Toto 's in Walton Street , checking the cars , hoping the drivers — most of whom know him — will give him a whisper of what 's going on . |