Example sentences of "give [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 2 | He did not accomplish much , beyond making it clear to the owners that , in return for their agreement to a national minimum , he would abandon Samuel and give them the eight-hour day ; but he was thought to have acquitted himself well . |
| 3 | Well the flowering house plants , we hope you 're going to be given for Christmas , things like cyclamen and indoor azaleas and also your indoor bowls of course will last much longer if you give them the coolest , lightest position you can . |
| 4 | Give them the standard aliases . |
| 5 | The Geophagus will tolerate London tap , but the Crenicara filamentosa and the Rams are doomed unless you give them the right conditions . |
| 6 | How would be persuaded or give them the right image . |
| 7 | Well give them the hundred quid then . |
| 8 | We aim to recruit the best people , give them the best training , set the best standards , establish quality assurance and maintain a system of peer review within our firms and through our national institutes . |
| 9 | " The prosperity and technology of the developed countries give them the greater possibilities and the greater responsibility " . |
| 10 | But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once . |
| 11 | To achieve their objective , they have to rely on the efficient working of the price mechanism such that prices give them the appropriate ‘ signals ’ . |
| 12 | I 'll get instead of fifties and fucking we just give them the five pound |
| 13 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 14 | So , ideally , we need to forecast changes in demand for personnel , particularly highly trained professional personnel , in order to have time to develop and staff more training institutions — medical schools , professional social work departments and so on — and then to recruit suitable trainees and give them the necessary education and training before we try to implement a major change in policy . |
| 15 | So can you see it is vital that all of you keep your circulation going right and a good idea is to start it in bed so that before you get out and put weight on your limbs And the same with the rest of your body get your circulation going , get the joints doing a bit of movement and before you get up and give them the added job of bearing your weight . |
| 16 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 17 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 18 | ‘ Give them the glad eye . ’ |
| 19 | I shall detain them with my Mariner 's ancient , emaciated claw and give them the full works . |
| 20 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 21 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 22 | ‘ Give me the chief cryptographer , ’ he said softly , as a woman answered the call . |
| 23 | Give me the easy one ! |
| 24 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 25 | Sweat was running from my temples , stinging at the corners of my eyes , and when I paused to wipe them Edward shouted , ‘ Come on , come on , give me the bloody axe . ’ |
| 26 | Oh shut up woman , shut up , you give me the bloody screaming abdabs , it 's my money I threw away . |
| 27 | Go on , God damn it , and give me the right stuff this time around . " |
| 28 | " Strictly speaking , you 're going to be dead very soon unless you give me the right instructions . " |
| 29 | Give me the right details for contacting your radio people at this end and I 'll be in touch before you know it . ’ |
| 30 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |