Example sentences of "give [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have capriciously given my second preference to a candidate of the Communist Party . |
| 2 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 3 | I have irresponsibly given my first preference to a candidate of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party . |
| 4 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 5 | I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected . |
| 6 | About this time the Club was given its second trophy and which today is known as the Lovell Bowl . |
| 7 | It seems but yesterday that the Bill was given its Second Reading on 26 November , yet there has been a great deal of debate of its contents . |
| 8 | This experience appeared to transform him and he threw himself into a great surge of composition , writing a Mass of Thanksgiving for unaccompanied choir filling 100 pages of manuscript , which he completed in 15 days , as well as other works , including a setting of Out of the Deep which is given its first performance by his choir at St Philip and St James , Cheltenham , at his funeral on today . |
| 9 | Archaeologists claimed to have found the remains of Shakespeare 's Globe Theatre , where Hamlet was given its first performance . |
| 10 | The Kabalevsky sonata — which , too was given its first USA hearing by Horovitz — is a lesser work with more than a suspicion of playing to Russian wartime tastes , especially in the finale ; but it could scarcely be presented more convincingly . |
| 11 | The strategy was given its first airing two days after the Danish vote at a meeting of the Council in Oslo on 4 June , when it was agreed to proceed with the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty while giving time to the Danes to resolve their problems . |
| 12 | Yesterday the ten-minute Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) was overwhelmingly given its First Reading with a majority of 200 , with all-party support . |
| 13 | However , on May 29 , 1991 , the draft constitution was given its first reading by the Grand National Assembly . |
| 14 | A rubbish tip at Deepdale , Loftus , given its third extension against the wishes of residents , has been closed until further notice . |
| 15 | Which reminds me that the Jocks — I mean the real guardsmen who arrived from England this morning to make up the complement , not you phoney chaps , are going to be given their first lesson this afternoon . |
| 16 | In 1979 , British voters were given their first opportunity to elect representatives . |
| 17 | Two movements of the Mass in C minor were also given their first hearing in Salzburg cathedral , probably with Constanze singing the soprano part . |
| 18 | At these concerts many of Bach 's symphonies , concertos , cantatas , chamber works , and keyboard sonatas were given their first performances . |
| 19 | These were given their first test run and enthused about by the audiences for Wuthering Heights a very worthwhile investment . |
| 20 | The instruments are made of old oil drums , and after months of practice , they 've given their first concert . |
| 21 | The widow of publisher Robert Maxwell has given her first in-depth interview since leaving her home in England . |
| 22 | McCool was omitted from the afternoon singles along with National champion Eavan Higgins so that Hazel Kavanagh of Grange could be given her first match in the tournament and Barbara Hackett from Castletroy her second outing . |
| 23 | She felt as if she had given her last performance . |
| 24 | They will give me next to nothing for valuable objects . |
| 25 | Yeah well I 'll give you th , you can take the money out of the money you 're gon na give me next week . |
| 26 | I would give my last penny to replace it . ’ |
| 27 | That was presumably his stage debut , because although his teacher Marjorie Sturman started the Johannesburg Festival Ballet Society about that time , it did not give its first public performance until the following year , when he was already in Cape Town and unable to get away . |
| 28 | On 4 August , the big band sound of Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra will delight fans , and on 11 August the English National Opera will give its first open-air performance of Madam Butterfly . |
| 29 | Worrell had achieved any captain 's dream of knowing that his players would give their last drop of sweat just for him . |
| 30 | So you multiply this year 's output by one point five and it 'll give you next year 's output . |