Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] give [pers pn] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This should have given them several useful advantages , including the right to trial by jury . |
| 2 | I 'll , I 'll need to give you some special stuff to loosen that . |
| 3 | It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill . |
| 4 | At least he 'd have given her some decent ponies . ’ |
| 5 | Blake told his superiors at MI6 that in order to win the confidence of the Russians he would need to give them enough genuine information to convince them of his sincerity . |
| 6 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 7 | Without economic revival , the Conservatives have been hard-pressed to identify a single reason that would justify giving them another five years in office . |
| 8 | ‘ I am doomed to stay in this lamp , ’ replied the genie , ‘ but whenever I can , I will try to give you some helpful clues . ’ |