Example sentences of "the [noun sg] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ The board gave me a free hand with the retained list and backed me all the way . |
| 3 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 4 | The vet gave him a strong dose of painkiller , and after waiting in vain for a while to see if the pain eased , she decided to pop back into town to fetch an x-ray machine . |
| 5 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 6 | The referendum gave him a huge majority : 2773920 votes for and 2452 against the President . |
| 7 | As oil pastels are a very sticky substance , they grip the paper well and the paper colour will show through the sketch giving it a unifying effect . |
| 8 | The two crosses at either end of the roof gave her a brief moment of hope . |
| 9 | The ensemble gave her a slinky , model-like elegance and made her feel like an actress playing a part … a nightclub scene , probably … instead of her normal self . |
| 10 | A finish applied to the fabric to give it a watermarked appearance . |
| 11 | They claimed that drinking the tea gave them an intense , trip-like experience . |
| 12 | So their own minister held a service at the station , and the agent gave them a good dinner cheering them on in Gaelic , at which they wept , and they went on to settle at Moosomin , where they lived happily ever afterwards . |
| 13 | The photographer shot the usual roll of pictures ; the President gave me a firm , friendly handshake . |
| 14 | Before re-assembling the valve give it a good clean and smear petroleum jelly on the piston and on the threads of the cap holding the washer , so that if necessary it can be undone more easily in the future . |
| 15 | Doolin says : ‘ The result gave us a great boost . |
| 16 | As usual , the sound of the shooting gave you no clear picture of what was happening ; the bursts , however heavy , and the ragged , irregular intervals between them were quite meaningless . |
| 17 | The statute gives him no such say . |
| 18 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 19 | City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead . |
| 20 | ‘ The brooch gave us the right clue — in fact it gave us two . |
| 21 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 22 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 23 | The girl gave him an undisclosed amount of cash and he hurried out . |
| 24 | The girl gave her a pitying smile . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll give you a hand until the rush dies down and then I thought I 'd get on with the account orders for tomorrow , ’ she said casually , but the girl gave her a strange look , and Folly had a nasty feeling that her voice was n't as fully under control as she had thought . |
| 26 | If the rat does not run when given some signal ( such as a light coming on ) , the experimenter gives it an electric shock . |
| 27 | Turn off the water , drain down and bale out the cistern to give it a good clean . |
| 28 | The cop gave me a hard look and moved off . |
| 29 | The bachelor gave them an angry look . |
| 30 | Hickson alleged that while in the police station where he had been taken by P.C. Torney on a charge of having stolen 10&shilling from the pocket of his clothes in a cubicle at the Corporation Swimming Baths , the constable gave him a violent blow to the eye , and followed this up by two blows to the body … he was subsequently acquitted on this charge . |