Example sentences of "[adv] give [pers pn] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 All of these recommendations , however , are only to give you a first taste of the scope of theatrical writing .
2 As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it .
3 Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater .
4 Individualism of this variety strives to put individuals in their social context , but nevertheless gives them the last laugh .
5 As a result , despite his good looks and affable personality , women scarcely gave him a second glance .
6 My movements up to this had been quite natural , and if I could continue to make her think I was unaware of her presence , she would possibly give me a second chance .
7 You 're always give him the last sweet to him !
8 Death — she had so longed for it that she hardly gave it a second thought .
9 D. Hey , 1981 ) Mackworth occasionally appears as ‘ Judge Mackworth ’ , erroneously gives him a third wife .
10 Announcing this programme , the then Minister of Fuel and Power , Geoffrey Lloyd , said dramatically , ‘ Our nuclear pioneers have now given us a second chance — to lead another industrial revolution in the second half of the twentieth century . '
11 And would Feargal now give him the third degree ?
12 The men lounging beside the gate did n't even give them a second glance .
13 Most women I know would n't even give it a second thought .
14 Veiled women carrying home shopping did n't give me a second glance .
15 I did n't give them a second glance .
16 People got in and out of the lifts and did n't give him a second glance .
17 Secure in their mountain fortresses , the Dwarfs did n't give it a second thought .
18 Nowadays , she probably never even gave him a second thought .
19 Charlie parted with a penny and was handed a bagful , but no one even gave him a second glance .
20 Alice thought she could not leave her only child , her baby daughter , that she might never see again , without holding her once more , without at least giving her a last kiss .
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