Example sentences of "[vb base] give " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I mean given the size of China I mean th there 'd be |
| 2 | Would you watch fo women fo , I mean given the |
| 3 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 4 | I think both principles remain given this system . |
| 5 | The lift that lemon grass , ginger , turmeric , coriander , chilli , star anise , cloves and cardamom give to Indian and Chinese food is out of all proportion to the quantities in which they are used . |
| 6 | Since the results of the GT4 test give an overview of performance among the pupils included in the project surveys , a selection of the results is described in the next section . |
| 7 | Yeah , I 'll go home now and tell your da I 'll make him something for his dinner , kiss give me a kiss |
| 8 | My friend , you say only a merlan , I say give me your whiting and I will create a masterpiece — a soufflé de merlan à la Didier . ’ |
| 9 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
| 10 | I say give the boy another chance . |
| 11 | Say give our our some money for doing me hair . |
| 12 | The only difference is that , the fewer roses you have space for , the more certain you have to be that the varieties you grow give the greatest possible pleasure , for the longest possible period and with the most resistance against pest and disease . |
| 13 | These reconstructions are often made of the organic elements of a composite implement : a reconstructed wooden shaft might be fitted to a bronze spearhead to give a better impression of its original appearance . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
| 15 | As I am fully conscious of the importance of preserving national unity , I propose to give your Government complete support in the vigorous prosecution of the War ; but unity without action is nothing but futile carnage , and I can not be responsible for that . |
| 16 | The Hainges used a special sports turf to give it its clipped , fresh-green look and make it hard-wearing enough to withstand their two children ( Martin , eight , and Carmen , 12 ) . |
| 17 | A cloak can be used : to conceal identity or diguise to give warmth and protection to assume or transfer power . |
| 18 | Lavas appear to give greater scatter than sediments ( M. Prévot & P. Camps , manuscript in preparation ) , possibly indicating that sedimentary magnetization is smoothed . |
| 19 | ‘ And if you do n't mind my saying so , ’ he continued in that same soft , gentle voice , so at variance with his appearance , ‘ you appear to give to sales what vampires might give to the transfusion service . ’ |
| 20 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 21 | And if I had anything left at Monday , she used to borrow it , forget to give it me back and . |
| 22 | One better take her parachute jumping and forgo forget to give her the parachute . |
| 23 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
| 24 | Braid can easily be attached to a chair with upholstery pins or Copydex to give a decorative edge |
| 25 | It is not surprising that many inmates want to give up their appeals . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to give the people who use my houses a rare and primitive relationship with the raw forces of nature . |
| 27 | They do this because they are not as quick as the opposition and want to give themselves as much time as possible to play the ball , no matter that they also give the other player more time . |
| 28 | If people want to kill themselves , that 's their affair , but when they come here I want to give them food which will do them food rather than harm . |
| 29 | ‘ If we can prove this works , ’ Mr Dowding said , ‘ I am sure there are a lot of other farmers who want to give it a try and are just waiting . |
| 30 | They want to give the party a new name and place the emphasis on ‘ international socialist traditions , ’ including pacifism and social democracy . |