Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 2 | It 's a remarkable musical full of tuneful songs which give it a romantic and charmingly French flavour . |
| 3 | It was the goals from McStay , McAllister and McClair which gave the Scots a stirring win in Norrkoping , and the bite of McCall which gave them a formidable balance . |
| 4 | The public generally should be equipped with spectacles which give it a clearer and more rounded view of the opportunities for all of an ageing Britain . |
| 5 | The argument gains force when applied to boxing where the emphasis shifts to the muscular flexibility and , as manager Terry Lawless put it , the ‘ natural fluidity ’ of black fighters which gives them a distinct edge over their more rigid white counterparts : |
| 6 | In other words , it is the poll tax crossed with a capital value tax — a roof tax crossed with a head tax — a cross-bred monster which gives us the worst of all worlds . |
| 7 | For , if he decides that the wooden hut is a building , he is in effect adding an interpretation clause to the statute which gives ‘ building ’ an extended application ; whereas if he decides that the hut is not a building , he adds a clause to the statute which gives it a narrower meaning . |
| 8 | In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago . |
| 9 | They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security . |
| 10 | Alec Stewart 's charge has a stiffer task here , but is getting 6lbs from the favourite which gives her a sporting chance of stopping Daru 's unbeaten run of four victories . |
| 11 | We take in a lot more oxygen , our blood pressure rises and our brains release chemicals called endorphins which give us an immediate high . |
| 12 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 13 | The quartet carries an instrumental arsenal which gives it the necessary weight to produce the ominous , bass-heavy sounds that accompany Max Schreck 's marvellously decrepit , zombie-like portrayal of Count Dracula . |
| 14 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
| 15 | Well , I know in the interview you did with Patsy Kensit she gave herself a 4 so I 'll have to go for 2 . |
| 16 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 17 | Stan started to sell his fossil finds to the museum and with the money he earned he was able to buy tools and a microscope which gave him a further insight into the subject . |
| 18 | You add on that fifty percent or whatever it happens to be to the hundred percent which gives you the new figure . |
| 19 | As well as the conventional cytochrome and flavo-protein electron transport system , many nematodes have " haemoglobin " in their body fluids which gives them a red pigmentation . |
| 20 | He was fascinated by the corset which gave her a youthful figure and set about reproducing it.In 1968 , they invented the Wonderbra which has been a best-seller for more than 20 years . |
| 21 | And then , somewhere in the house , she heard a sound which gave her a dry , tingling sensation in the mouth like a small , electric shock . |
| 22 | It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key . |
| 23 | And I was with Deborah he gave me a hard |
| 24 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 25 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 26 | Early on , he was anxious to combine the view that our beliefs about the social world are determined by the structured whole with the claim that historical materialism has achieved the status of a science , a body of knowledge which gives us a true account of the world . |
| 27 | ‘ From tomorrow , Sarah , I should like you to wear your hair in the style in which it was dressed when you attended the service at the Foundling Hospital , ’ he said , forcing the smile which gave him a jovial reputation . |
| 28 | Choose a spot on the water which gives you a complete view of the whole area of the lake . |
| 29 | So she found a place in the old tree which gave her a familiar view of the land . |
| 30 | That heart is Welsh , and it is his Welshness which gave him an inner security that enabled him to come this far . |