Example sentences of "[prep] give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three years after giving all that up he had a heart attack . |
| 2 | BIG-HEARTED Frank Gibbs faces a bleak Christmas after giving all his money to charity . |
| 3 | Even after giving all the titles a thorough scrutiny she still had no idea what he was really like . |
| 4 | I 've got ta give that to somebody tomorrow . |
| 5 | When have you got ta give that back ? |
| 6 | So I got ta give these back now ai n't I ? |
| 7 | Right you 've got ta give these to mummy . |
| 8 | Well well he said when he 's not there she comes home she cooks them an evening meal but she 's she she 's she 's got a p , he said she 's got ta give some time to Harriet , that 's not fair |
| 9 | Yeah , but if there had n't , there had n't of given that goal away and they were pushing forward |
| 10 | Should n't of given any |
| 11 | I refrained from making any statement until I had the erm minutes which I received the er , agenda which I received the next day which contradict the abandonment , but if the idea was to sort of give this troublesome member from Bungay a heart attack , er it failed , cos I 'm still here and ticking , now I would like to go through once again the , the point regarding Bungay and I hope the committee will take it on board with . |
| 12 | It states that any industrial action or strike called in any area of the union — the NUM is a federation of independent Branches , most of them geographically defined — must be sanctioned by the National Executive , or by ‘ a Committee … to whom the National Executive Committee may have delegated the power of giving such sanction … |
| 13 | The current distribution of responsibilities goes against the principle endorsed by the Herbert Commission of giving each local authority ‘ functions and powers which are separate and distinct ’ ( Herbert 1960 : 197 ) . |
| 14 | Each member of the audience would then have the task in the playback group of giving each item points , say on a scale from one to five , according to how well it achieved its aim . |
| 15 | Laura had many principles over which she would never compromise , one of which was the importance of giving each guest or employee a room of his or her own ; even two women would never be expected to share . |
| 16 | Guido continued , sitting back in his seat and watching her , ‘ Is this all part of your practice of giving each other space ? |
| 17 | One 250-watt bulb is capable of giving enough background light for a whole room . |
| 18 | I do not think it can be claimed that they opened up new territory ( writings by Dorothy Heathcote and others in the 1970s were concerned with a level of sophistication in drama teaching which the team seemed not to be able to articulate ) , but in terms of giving some sense of order to the basic functioning of drama the publication deserves to be seen as an important landmark . |
| 19 | That is the cheapest way of giving some co-ordination and colour to your home . |
| 20 | If your elderly parent is in the habit of doing this , the only way around it is to tell her quite frankly , as kindly as possible ( even at the risk of giving some offence ) , that there are certain times of the day when it is very difficult for you to make or receive phone calls except in an emergency . |
| 21 | In addition , Joan 's uncle and aunt travelled with them in the hope of giving some protection by their presence . |
| 22 | The practice of giving some inmates power over others is not unusual in Indian prisons . |
| 23 | and she 's doing other things through work that you know , I 'm I mean it in theory it 's sort of giving some support to . |
| 24 | WIRRAL fishermen rate the promenade between Seacombe Ferry and Egremont as capable of giving some of the best fishing in the North West . |
| 25 | In addition we will examine ways of giving those who retire with lump sum payments more choice as to how their savings are invested . |
| 26 | Why would n't she just tell him instead of giving those long , mournful glances ? |
| 27 | Ken Ellis , county trading standards officer for Devon , said : ‘ C & G was convicted on three charges of giving more prominence to a flat rate charge rather than the annual percentage rate , and three charges of not including an example in those advertisements . |
| 28 | Who but Ashton would have thought of giving this country yokel so delicate a movement ? |
| 29 | Portioning apples and oranges , handing round a plate of biscuits , etc. , are practical ways of giving this experience in an everyday situation . |
| 30 | The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one . |