Example sentences of "[vb past] give some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 2 | ‘ I daresay her aunt and uncle would let you have it , ’ said Melissa , aware that this might be unlikely but feeling impelled to give some comfort to a fellow human being in so much distress . |
| 3 | I mean I remembered some of it , I , I remember hearing something that she 'd given some bits downstairs |
| 4 | She wanted to do things for him — it seemed to give some purpose to her life to have somebody depending even a little on her . |
| 5 | The results from Wimpey Asphalt Hong Kong , Springfield Disposal and Overseas Contracting — all of which exceeded their budgets — served to give some respectability to the overall figures of Wimpey Minerals UK . |
| 6 | Why d' ya decided to give some contact . |
| 7 | Despite the then Education Secretary Keith Joseph 's almost instant equivocations , the recommendations of the Report did give some legitimacy and impetus to local education authorities ( LEAs ) and schools already tentatively and sometimes vigorously pursuing one or another variety of multicultural or antiracist policy . |
| 8 | The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council appeared to give some support to this distinction . |
| 9 | Prime Minister Harold Wilson appeared to give some credence to this view in 1966 when he said in the House of Commons that it was the duty of the government to consult with the Trades Union Congress and the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 10 | However , delegates acknowledged that the US had given some ground when it announced an " action programme " on the first day of the conference . |
| 11 | During the service he sat in the front pew and listened to the preacher talking about the kind of woman she had been , and he knew it was n't like that , but the doctor had given some pills and he felt drowsy and numb , and illogically cheerful , as if he was slightly drunk , but at the stage where everything seems enlarged and unfamiliar . |
| 12 | But she had to give some thought to him , too . |
| 13 | Finally , even Time magazine had to give some credence to the arrival of this remarkable undercurrent in the motivation of young people , but preferred to blame London influences rather than American . |
| 14 | ’ He had to give some sort of explanation . |
| 15 | Various reports during February attempted to give some assessment of the damage sustained in Iraq as a result of the UN embargo [ see pp. 37639-40 ; 37695 ; 37871 ] and the air war . |
| 16 | Early cases , especially in State courts tended to give some priority to the Convention . |