Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should 've given this some thought . |
| 2 | I should like to give some examples of my concern about the report 's thoroughness and/or objectivity . |
| 3 | if choreographers wish to make their design more interesting they should attempt to give each step and pose some distinctive quality or unusual place in the design , which may or may not break the old conventions . |
| 4 | Our constituents were horrified that the media should have given such a person a platform , and that the father 's attitude was so wholly irresponsible . |
| 5 | John Urquhart 's article ‘ Polonium : Windscale 's most lethal legacy ’ ( 31 March , p 883 ) must have given many of its readers the impression that polonium is an abnormal constituent of man 's environment and with an impact that is therefore unpredictable . |
| 6 | A class doing a study on " water " , for instance , might need to give some attention to the history of water supplies in their area , or to look at past epidemics of cholera and typhoid , to prove that clean water is vital for good health . |
| 7 | Indeed I hoped that this book might begin to give some clues about the origin of the tingle or the goose-pimples ; but I was disappointed . |
| 8 | You 'll have to give these brakes a bit more welly |
| 9 | I 'll have to give this floor a wipe again . |
| 10 | She 's got our number all right an' we 'll 'ave to give this place a miss for a long time after this . |
| 11 | She may like to give this to the WRVS or Oxfam , who would be happy to collect it if necessary , as would ‘ Help the Aged ’ and many other organisations . |
| 12 | I 'd hesitate to give much weight to her story in the normal run because she does seem to have a screw loose , but it ties in so well with Norman Pinder 's recollections , and they are totally independent witnesses . ’ |
| 13 | Someday , if ever I found the right producer and a label were interested , I 'd like to give that a shot . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And here lies Aldhelm , who could have given that brother a face and a name , beyond any question . |
| 15 | So while he could have given this kind old Cornish gentleman an eye-opening insight into the plans being made on the Continent of Europe to bring England back within Rome 's jurisdiction , he was content to let his host do most of the talking . |
| 16 | Oh , we could have give that one to Reg as well but it 's a bit busted up . |
| 17 | Well , of course , if Niki left , Mario said back then , he 'd have to give that a good long look . |
| 18 | When he 'd switched the plates he 'd have to give some thought to ways of raising a little cash to live on . |
| 19 | She 'd have to give this … person … something or it would spoil Sam 's holiday — which was like saying it would spoil his entire year . |
| 20 | She 'd have given both arms to have avoided even meeting the blasted man . |
| 21 | During this time Mozart may have given some lessons to the young Beethoven , who was visiting Vienna for the first time . |
| 22 | CORRECTION : Our June feature on redundancy may have given some readers the impression that redundancy pay is based on full pay , which is incorrect . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Depending on the strategies proposed suppliers may wish to give more information in certain areas . |
| 25 | If you want her to work closely in a team , you may wish to give some thought to the matters I have mentioned . |
| 26 | Well she used to have to give some give somebody sixpence which were a lot of money in them days . |
| 27 | Now policemen , we used to have to give these blessed people these tickets , and we used to have a book , and they just merely gave name , age , occupation , which was nearly always labourer , where , and they had to tell us where they came from and where they intended going to , and more often that was from Stowmarket to , or the other way round . |
| 28 | All the same , some general remarks may serve to give this conjecture more substance . |
| 29 | The increase is slightly less in the case of beverages , which is what one would expect given that wine stocks could service two establishments more easily than food ones . |
| 30 | What we would demand given half a chance : Electro-shock treatment for anyone with home-made tattoos . |