Example sentences of "a [noun sg] give [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being a temp gives you a good chance to try out different types of work before committing yourself to a permanent job , and also to size up the different companies . |
| 2 | Some Arabs in a tent gave them a little water and then the exhausted men finally stumbled into an outpost of the King 's Dragoon Guards . |
| 3 | Finally , remember that fishing from a punt gives you a tremendous advantage . |
| 4 | When I was twelve , and I got baptized , erm a lady gave me a little text and it was from Joshua chapter one and it was verse nine and it says have I not commanded you be strong and courageous do not be terrified , do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go and that 's a verse that I 've been able to remember and to thank God for on so many different occasions all through my training as a doctor and it 's , all the promises in the bible are absolutely true and you can rely on them because it 's not a book written by men but it 's a book written by God . |
| 5 | She went for an hour and a half to give him a hot cooked dinner , which she had prepared in the morning , and to wash up afterwards . |
| 6 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 7 | Shower heads should be cleaned regularly with a nail brush ; every so often use a descaler to give them a good clean . |
| 8 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 9 | Pleading poverty , he sought charity from local shopkeepers , and a butcher gave him an enormous turkey , which might actually have been a small emu . |
| 10 | If doing one thing with a control gives you an unpleasant feeling , the normal reaction would be to stop doing it , or to move the control back in the other direction . |
| 11 | I make his bed once a week to give it a good puff up in the sheets . |
| 12 | Cleaning your tack properly once a week gives you the vital opportunity of checking that stitching is in good order and that the parts where metal rests on leather ( such as reins and stirrup leathers ) are not too worn . |
| 13 | As a result , he continued , ‘ It is quite impossible for me in a letter to give you a detailed account of my proceedings my time being at present fully occupied in unpacking arrangements and other matters . ’ |
| 14 | A dial gives you the running total of the amount of gallons the cartridge has deal with , so a new one can be ordered in good time . |
| 15 | Bracewell , 29 , claimed the directors backed out of a promise to give him a two-year contract by offering him only a 12-month deal to stay . |
| 16 | The inspiration for the scheme in this bedroom ( left ) comes from many sources , but the elements combine in such a way to give it a universal appeal . |
| 17 | Engineering a time delayed ‘ lethal gene ’ into a GEM to give it a finite life — making it sensitive to low air temperatures so that frost kills it — is one way . |
| 18 | He 'd poked at the soil with a hoe to give it a fresh look . |
| 19 | And what happens to them , again , through the Occupational Health Centre , th they arra arrange for an optician to give them a full , full eye test and then we get a report back on that situation . |
| 20 | Tonight Rebekah Ashford should be in hospital in London preparing for an operation to give her a new lease of life . |
| 21 | The going was good and in the morning an Arab gave me a soft fresh loaf the size and shape of a strong man 's forearm . |
| 22 | Woodworm and beetle infestation makes much of it unsuitable for structural work but treated and cleaned up with an adze to give it the right period look , much of it could be put to good decorative effect . |
| 23 | She moved with natural grace , gliding between the tables , approaching customers who showed an interest to give them an extra twirl , unbuttoning the little figure-hugging jacket and posing with her hand on her waist , rucking up the jacket slightly to display the blouse underneath as she had seen the professional models do . |