Example sentences of "give [det] [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Last week , workers accused union officals of blackmailing them into accepting a package which would give each former employee a week 's wages for every year of service .
2 ‘ The … the disco , ’ he said , huskily , as if lowering his voice would give that humble word a significance beyond all words .
3 Give this new group a name , I have used ‘ Graphics Programs ’ in this example .
4 Although the military may try to give each large corporation a turn in contracting , these two corporations are in competition and their corporate interests are not always the same .
5 Captain Tony Adams had promised Arsenal were ready ‘ to give some unlucky team a tonking ’ , and only the woodwork and some slack second-half finishing ensured it was n't Coventry , although their unbeaten away record was comprehensively shredded .
6 And of the three of us who knew there was to be a young man on his way down to us by that path during the evening , how many have already made the leap forward to give this nameless victim a name , and begin to see certain reasons why it might be expedient for some if he never reached us ?
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