Example sentences of "gives [pron] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They have achieved much in recent years , but the Labour party never gives them any credit and is always moaning . |
2 | ‘ I do n't know why anyone gives them any credence . ’ |
3 | I mean , there 's no fun in sitting there saying ‘ we 're not going to be able to do Bloxham Primary School to replace the temporary buildings they 've had there for nineteen years ’ ; that gives nobody any joy , but in terms of priorities , it was one that was felt er did not have that prior , the same priority as some of the others . |
4 | Mhm , and you do n't find that that gives you any difficulty at all , er with people who genuinely want to find your number ? |
5 | This tea and that little bit gives you any inclination how to go about that Oh I see look . |
6 | ‘ If it gives you any pleasure . ’ |
7 | Give Nosey a good kicking if the bastard gives you any trouble . ’ |
8 | ‘ If it gives you any satisfaction to know that . ’ |
9 | You should n't need no 'elp , but if 'e gives yer any lip , just call me . ’ |
10 | This supposition has the form of a ‘ regulative hope ’ — both are adopted on the same basis that a card player bases his play on the hope of an improbable distribution of the cards if no other possible distribution gives him any chance of winning at all . |
11 | Whilst Julia Browne 's interviews with animal portrait artists , none of whom have felt the effects of the recession in the art world , gives us any insight into a very different world , a world which rarely attracts any notice from the serious art press . |