Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun sg] give [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
2 | Their praises and flattery gives you new heart and helps you feel top of the world on Sunday . |
3 | Dad patted me on the head and Mum gives me this little kiss on the cheek and then they went off and left me with this old woman . |
4 | It was felt that married women like Butler should lead the movement , because her status as wife and mother gave her more authority to speak about the delicate issue of sexuality . |
5 | The author then moves on to describes the wide range of lenses and equipment giving his own evaluations gained from years of practical use . |
6 | The children made lots of friends in the Mini-Club , under the watchful supervision of ‘ Animators ’ who organised activities in the morning and afternoon giving us some time to ourselves . |
7 | We were disappointed but we could still watch through the windows as Mum gave her final instructions to Mrs Taylor and Mrs Buckley . |
8 | Constant training and familiarisation give everyone more confidence in their equipment and their ability to survive a chemical attack in war . |
9 | There 's the Flake one , which promotes the idea that chocolate gives you sexual gratification — and that girls who consume chocolate all day are thin and have perfect skin and teeth . |
10 | In our view , the advertising award of the decade should go to the brain who thought up the series of anti-smoking television adverts which did not even mention lung cancer , but drew attention to the fact that smoking gives you bad breath . |
11 | The city saw much conflict during El Cid 's campaigns , as the ebb and flow of conquest and recovery gave it first a Christian master and then a Moorish one . |