Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] give [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glance at her watch gave her the perfect excuse to leave immediately … |
| 2 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 3 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 4 | Had her mother given her the wrong information ? |
| 5 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |
| 6 | He was n't in the sitting-room , so , interested in the house in spite of herself , she started to explore , his absence giving her the perfect right to do so . |
| 7 | He never earned a degree , but an allowance from his mother gave him the financial independence to devote himself to a career as writer . |
| 8 | Either he was smiling , or the gaunt hollows of his face gave him the daunting appearance of a smile . |
| 9 | Yeah , tell your Mum to give me the twelve pence , er , er the two P cos erm it was n't , it was n't worth last night . |
| 10 | We plan our holidays to give you the maximum enjoyment . |
| 11 | If you lack confidence in your ability to give her the right kind of help and comfort , but really want to do so , you have nothing to fear , because this probably means that you are much better equipped for the task than you imagine . |