Example sentences of "[conj] give [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or give her some relief |
| 2 | She nearly always does go to bed with me , if I shout at her a lot or threaten her or give her enough money . |
| 3 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 4 | If the tribunal decides that the dismissal was unfair then it has the power to order the employer to give the employee his old job back or to give him another job . |
| 5 | To find the way , or to give you any advices . |
| 6 | George is also quite generous with his possessions , giving Lennie a larger portion of their food , or giving him all of his ketchup to keep him happy . |
| 7 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 8 | Which possibility sends a tingle down your spine , or gives you that ‘ Aha ! ’ sensation ? |
| 9 | So , rather than give it all up and find another movie , they bought the licence to the film 's soundtrack ( a rather haunting piece by Vangelis ) which , surprise surprise , was called ‘ Blade Runner ’ ! |
| 10 | Plants that give us both outstanding flowers and foliage are usually the first choice . |
| 11 | So that give you any ideas about this . |
| 12 | It 's the simple things of life that give you most joy and delight . |
| 13 | What I think is happening , I find this interesting , people are rejecting the idea of the aesthetic , and I 'm not quite sure why ; I do n't know whether they think it 's elitist or whether they 've got no taste of their own , or what , I do n't know , but people read poems not as poems which convey aesthetic emotion , which is the way I tend to think about poems ultimately , but simply as ideological statements and political texts , or at least , things that give you some understanding of the way people thought or so on at the time … . |
| 14 | It will be seen that where Lautro is advised to serve or is considering the service of an intervention notice on a member , the rules do not place any obligation on it to give that member any advance warning of the intended action , nor to give him any opportunity to make representations before the intervention notice is served . |
| 15 | When the spirit parted from the body it found no one asking anything of it nor giving it any directions . ) |
| 16 | Rather than giving her any other jobs . |
| 17 | I got pregnant because you spent all my life filling my head with romantic ideas rather than giving me any practical advice . |
| 18 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
| 19 | There were fairly obvious warnings here for a man contemplating the future independence of his own country , but , if he was shocked by what he saw here , it was the land freed by Toussaint Louverture , Haiti , that gave him most food for thought . |
| 20 | Death that gave them such a profound and lasting understanding of each other . |
| 21 | Maybe she had finished with sexual intercourse for ever , maybe it was this possibility that gave her this peculiar conviction of strength , this sense of invulnerability , of certainty , of power . |
| 22 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 23 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 24 | To get that appointment that gave you that one sale . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family . |
| 26 | It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’ |
| 27 | I suppose it was the isolation that gave us such a feeling of camaraderie . " |
| 28 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 29 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |
| 30 | 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 . |