Example sentences of "[noun] and give " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 2 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 3 | It is important that the whole family can recognise their grief and give each other emotional support . |
| 4 | Findlay , is due in today and providing he overcomes his jetlag , he could again prove the trump card and give his team a rare victory over Bury , who have already beaten them on all four occasions the two teams have met this season . |
| 5 | For older children , make goals at either end of the room out of chair legs and give the point to the first person to score . |
| 6 | A better hood , on this type of bag anyway , will be shaped to avoid the extra bulk and give a close fit around the head . |
| 7 | English National Ballet start their Christmas season at Royal Festival Hall next Tuesday and give The Nutcracker in the Peter Schaufuss staging until January 20 . |
| 8 | The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits . |
| 9 | The Labour councillors voted to overturn the officers ' recommendation and give permission for the works to be demolished . |
| 10 | The content of the opinion in each case would have a spin-off effect on people who happen to love football and give a lot of time to watching , playing or training for it . |
| 11 | So he decided to add another fifteen knots to the approach speed and give it a go . |
| 12 | Moreover , Noorda must finally set up a line of succession and give us some indication of how Novell ( and Unix ) will function when he bows out . |
| 13 | I bet you go to the zoo with your kids and give the monkeys bananas , then complain when they jump around — the monkeys I mean . |
| 14 | And we 're very grateful , you 've brought rural interest , you 've brought much wider interest , and you 've brought a great deal of warmth and compassion and interest and time , what more could we say , but to show a token of our appreciation and give you a few flowers to go with that . |
| 15 | Some folk in the village said it was a public disgrace that a maid like Martha Pascoe should be bartered for with barrels of fish , but most saw the whole affair as a great joke , because when all was said and done , the lass was unlikely to marry Sam or Harry or anyone else against her will , and if she could use their ardour to win a few more stone of pilchards and thereby swell the village purse and give everyone a bit of harmless fun , then more power to her elbow . |
| 16 | For this ballot the scrutineers will prepare a ballot paper listing the names of the candidates and give a copy for the purpose of balloting to each Member of the House of Commons in receipt of the Conservative whip . |
| 17 | Of course — ’ he paused , ‘ — I could ask you to look after my small animals and give the farm work to your colleagues , but I gather that would n't suit you at all . ’ |
| 18 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 19 | You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer . |
| 20 | They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles . |
| 21 | If the garden does not already have them , then you will be able to erect fences that are high enough to deter intruders and give you privacy of course . |
| 22 | The prominent white clasts are fragments of anorthosites — calcium and aluminium-rich rocks that make up the bulk of the lunar highlands crust and give it the light colour that is visible from Earth . |
| 23 | He referred to plans to develop social programmes and infrastructure projects as a ‘ vision that I hope will sustain Hong Kong during the present period of uncertainty and give us all confidence in our ability to overcome whatever problems confront us ’ . |
| 24 | Few are willing to transfer funds and give management responsibility to the MOH ( Ibid . ) . |
| 25 | Occasionally , when there 's an unpredicted peak , he 'll use overtime and give people time off in lieu . |
| 26 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people who choose to work more than 48 hours per week , and who thereby earn overtime and give greater security to their families , would be most upset if an edict from Brussels took the right to work such overtime away from them , especially as hon. Members would be excluded from the rules , as would the bureaucrats in Europe and all managers and executives ? |
| 27 | Also there should be an effective and widely respected authority which can solve disputes and give penalties in the case of infringement of mutually agreed codes of practice . |
| 28 | Rosalba closed her eyes , and beseeched heaven , not for the first time , ‘ Dear Lady , Lady who has known tears and cares and the love of God on earth , please help Serafina and give her lots of milk so she can make money and give her strength and stop people being unkind to her . |
| 29 | There are already plenty of pointers and anomalies , and I 'd like to go through them with you to try to sift out the red herrings and give due precedence to the important facts . |
| 30 | You must observe ES policies on equal opportunities and give your full commitment to any measures introduced to ensure equality of opportunity . |