Example sentences of "[conj] give [pron] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can do no better than give it my full recommendation . |
| 2 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
| 3 | BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break . |
| 4 | The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm . |
| 5 | He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win . |
| 6 | Each dust particle inherits the characteristic defect structure of the parent clay that did the damming , the structure that gave it its damming properties . |
| 7 | It 's the one that gives you your worst fears , is n't it , when you conduct it , and you go and nothing happens . |
| 8 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 9 | By 1661 Gurle had raised the hardy nectarine Elruge and given it his own name reversed , with an extra e for euphony . |
| 10 | When it is pointed out that a number of Labour programmes have been markedly radical , as in 1945 and 1983 , then it is claimed that the leaders have failed to be behind them and give them their solid backing and support . |
| 11 | And give them your full attention , too ! ’ |
| 12 | We go to a chemist and say : get out your textbooks and your calculating machine ; sharpen your pencil and your wits ; fill your head with formulae , and your flasks with methane and ammonia and hydrogen and carbon dioxide and all the other gases that a primeval nonliving planet can be expected to have ; cook them all up together ; pass strokes of lightning through your simulated atmospheres , and strokes of inspiration through your brain ; bring all your clever chemist 's methods to bear , and give us your best chemist 's estimate of the probability that a typical planet will spontaneously generate a self-replicating molecule . |
| 13 | If you do and they complete a report and give you their best advice you can still say no thank you I 'm going to put it in the building society . |
| 14 | ‘ We have to adopt a really attacking policy and give it our best shot , ’ declared Roxburgh , who has recalled creative players in Celtic 's Paul McStay and John Collins along with Rangers skipper Richard Gough . |
| 15 | Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot . |
| 16 | The trip was a great success , the subsequent Travels in the West exhibition proving very popular in Nanjing and giving him his first taste of newspaper and television attention . |
| 17 | She ca n't spend all day monitoring my blood sugar and giving me my thyroid medicine , and if I ca n't paint I shall go mad ! ’ |
| 18 | Morgan dipped in a little bow and gave her his best smile . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's the heat , ’ he said eventually and gave her his big smile . |
| 20 | Nahum Morey wiped his mouth on a napkin , and gave her his full attention . |
| 21 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
| 22 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 23 | Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 . |
| 24 | ‘ The ref called me over and gave me my marching orders , ’ said Mick . |
| 25 | ‘ The ref called me over and gave me my marching orders . |
| 26 | For the first time she sat down and gave him her whole attention . |
| 27 | ‘ You now , of course , come into possession of a substantial sum , following Miss Morgan 's death , ’ McLeish observed , sounding as accusing as he could , and she stopped chewing and gave him her full attention . |
| 28 | ‘ They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 29 | They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 30 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |