Example sentences of "[det] [conj] give " in BNC.

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1 Mrs O'Brien here at her home in Slough , was told by her husband that the loan back in nineteen eighty seven was only for sixty thousand pounds , the bank did n't correct this or give her independent advice .
2 When I see the kid alive , I dismantle this and give you the stones .
3 I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . "
4 Yeah yeah might as well I 'll make the mincemeat , mince pies this and give you some Ann that 'll save you doing them , wo n't it ?
5 Fold it in half and give half of it here .
6 And she 's giving it , do you want a chocolate bar ? it 's poison I break it in half and give it to Geraldine first .
7 It 's to start saving money and give some and give some of this money to their private sector friends .
8 If it is , I 'll just get some and give one each the kids I think we 've got enough sweeties .
9 Seen to be an ‘ effect ’ of the Universal or Unified Field , it is able to transmit energy patterns from one natural source to another and give rise to a physical formation of those patterns — in other words , the field is believed to be the agent for creation , growth and development throughout nature .
10 erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend
11 R. H. Tawney observed that the workman 's philosophy was the same as his masters : ‘ get as much and give as little as possible ’ .
12 And there are those who have little and give it all .
13 You ca n't rat on that and give all those American lunatics — and I 'm quoting you — this kind of support .
14 you have to fill in the rest of that and give it back to me .
15 If you made it and laid down them the the man that was doing it , he 'd only to lift that and give it a twine and on to the next .
16 I I work from that and give out to form .
17 It 's the small details and unusual pieces like these that give their home its character and strongly individual style .
18 Identify these and give a brief description of each stage .
19 A female , instead of manufacturing the maximum number of eggs that can be created from her bodily reserves , may produce rather fewer but give each one a better chance of survival by supplying it with food in some way , so that it is sustained during its first difficult days .
20 The evolution of mammals after the Cretaceous was both extremely rapid and very complex , and we can do no more than give the roughest sketch here .
21 On the face of it they may appear to do little more than give effect to the government 's consistent promise to maximise the opportunities for parental choice in the education system .
22 As it was , the dying Count could do no more than give instructions that his body should not be buried until Henry had promised to observe the terms of his father 's will .
23 In the short time available to her on 16th October Hilary could do no more than give a very sketchy account of her visit but enough to whet our appetites for more .
24 Feeling battered in mind and body by the time Laura announced that she felt able to take a break — and how about an early lunch ? — Anita could do no more than give her a dumb nod of agreement .
25 For many viewers , the most important parliamentary programmes are those that give live coverage to the debates in the Chamber or to committee hearings .
26 New positional fields are established after the main axis is set up — those that give rise to the limbs will be examined in the next chapter .
27 What they are writing about in reality are the ideal standards of their own social group , those that give meaning to their work practice even if they do not always live up to them .
28 I mean they 'll , they 'll try one of those and give it up .
29 The individual will work less and give more hours to leisure , but this is not what he or she originally wished to do , and his or her satisfaction or welfare is thus reduced .
30 They interrupt more , disagree more and give less hearer support ( yes , mm ) .
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