Example sentences of "[prep] give [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze . |
| 2 | In spring mulch the soil around it well after giving it a good soaking , this will encourage the soil to stay moist . |
| 3 | For my benefit would you just like to sort of give me a quick rattle through as as as to what you intend to do . |
| 4 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 5 | erm so er tt I think the other thing that 'll be nice if erm er given , if the first years are filling it in er in about a week and a half 's time , if we could if you could try and bash some of the data in fairly rapidly so that , you know kind of before the end of term we can , you know , kind of give them a brief digest of how , what , what the results were |
| 6 | You know , sort of give it a good chance . |
| 7 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 8 | What she did n't like , and what very seriously worried her , was the way , after long moments of giving her a cold-eyed stare , Naylor Massingham should suddenly look at her with such a degree of pleasantness that she just knew she was n't going to like what was going through his brain . |
| 9 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 10 | This has the positive advantage of giving them a broad-based appeal across a diversified range of industries and functions and always having somebody in the team who can potentially suit the chemistry of a particular client . |
| 11 | ‘ We will make sure they go to families who are capable of giving them a good home , ’ said Mrs Henderson . |
| 12 | Much as the regimes of Eastern Europe might welcome the support of their neighbours against Moscow — and hence a strengthening of such multilateral forums — they also view their neighbours as rival claimants to Moscow 's favour and are wary of giving them a greater voice in their own affairs . |
| 13 | You will stand a far greater chance of giving yourself a hassle-free journey if you leave your trusty vehicle at home . |
| 14 | If he fails to do so , the mortgagee will be entitled to an order of foreclosure absolute , the effect of which will be to vest the mortgaged property in him absolutely , but at the same time to prevent him — even if the property should prove insufficient — from claiming payment from the mortgagor , except upon terms of giving him a fresh right to redeem . |
| 15 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |
| 16 | I want you , but I have no intention of giving you a plain gold ring or any other ring that could be held against me as a pledge . |
| 17 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |
| 18 | It is a painless way to travel with the unrivalled advantage of giving you an extra day 's skiing at each end of a week 's holiday . |
| 19 | ‘ Tom Jones sang ‘ Unbelievable ’ , I did a rap and kind of gave him a mock blow job at the end . |
| 20 | she sort of gave me an odd look |
| 21 | By sliding the narrow strip through the slots , combinations such as Give me the English book may be formed . |
| 22 | They are just plain difficult and like giving everyone a bad time . |
| 23 | Following it for a while is like giving myself a good spring clean . ’ |
| 24 | It was like giving myself a little treat , like say buying a bottle of wine . |
| 25 | With his splendid physique and proud , noble head his presence is such as to give him an instant advantage over any bowler , and he has rarely failed to put that advantage to use ; spinners in particular have suffered at his hands , but when he decides that he wants to score runs it is virtually impossible to bowl to him . |
| 26 | Indeed , the type of man who organised local seamen 's societies in the 1870s 1880s and 1890s was often such as to give them a bad name . |
| 27 | Most teachers want to work hard , and they will not generally use this exercise to con people into giving them an easy life . |
| 28 | I have another seven days before Jens 's cousin arrives from the States and finds his would-be protégé has been seduced into giving him the cold shoulder . ’ |
| 29 | When I was about to take O-level Art and my teacher said I was a disaster , my father was shamed into giving me an intensive course ( 'I ca n't have a daughter not passing ’ ) and taught me painting , pastel drawing , cross-hatching , line drawing . |
| 30 | despite the now fashionable equation of knowledge with " science " , the average undergraduate , whatever his special intellectual bent , still demanded that a university should primarily concern itself with giving him a liberal education . |