Example sentences of "[noun prp] give [pers pn] [det] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend give us any estimate of the time that will elapse before the European Court gives its judgment on the matter ? |
2 | The fact that one of the Bill 's triggers was the Channel 4 Screening of Derek Jarman 's Sebastiane gives us some indication of the possible threats to homosexual images on television . |
3 | For none of the many examples does Taylor give us any account of the appropriate Darwinian thinking . |
4 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
5 | A few snippets from the Feedback Sheets on Care Sunday give us some flavour of what has happened in different parishes across the Diocese e.g : |
6 | Neither the General nor Bill gave me any hint of lolly . ’ |
7 | ' I was ah — I was just thinking that we really must — must get Willy to give us another shot of his old car ; you know , the Mini he bombs up and down the sands on sometimes ? |
8 | The Emissary gave me another view of his new teeth as I glanced round . |