Example sentences of "to give they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lecture after lecture , accompanied by complaints about the futility of lectures and his reluctance to give them . |
| 2 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 3 | AMERICAN ring doughnuts from The Delicious Donut Co are made from a flour which is said to give them a light , fluffy , and non-greasy consistency . |
| 4 | At Beechgrove we have a well-established standard fuchsia , ‘ Dollar Princess ’ , with cerise sepals and a deep purple corolla , but Bill has done well in training a few new standards this summer and intends to give them early protection this year . |
| 5 | Your plants will need time to become really well established to give them a better chance of surviving a harsh winter . |
| 6 | The dancers or players in a theme ballet will need to convey the general atmosphere and any other element pertinent to the situation in which they find themselves , as well as the mood and content of the music chosen to give them phrasing . |
| 7 | He must select and contrast the strong and weak or tensed and relaxed movements in order to give them tempo , rhythm and expressive quality . |
| 8 | If people want to kill themselves , that 's their affair , but when they come here I want to give them food which will do them food rather than harm . |
| 9 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 10 | I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident . |
| 11 | In my own teaching , in my own responsibilities , I think I have to make two gestures simultaneously : to train people , to teach them , to give them a content , to be a good pedagogue , to train teachers , to give them a profession ; and at the same time to make them as conscious as possible of the problems of professionalization . |
| 12 | In my own teaching , in my own responsibilities , I think I have to make two gestures simultaneously : to train people , to teach them , to give them a content , to be a good pedagogue , to train teachers , to give them a profession ; and at the same time to make them as conscious as possible of the problems of professionalization . |
| 13 | What the students want her to do is to give them some basic facts that will enable them to read the novels as simple straightforward reflections of ‘ reality ’ , and to write simple , straightforward , exam-passing essays about them . |
| 14 | Poets and novelists see the situation differently , and so , indeed , do many students , who tend to want something different from what their ablest teachers wish to give them . |
| 15 | David Booth took 30 seconds to give them the lead , taking advantage of a defender 's clearance which deflected freakishly off an onrushing forward and into his path . |
| 16 | The main attraction of that method is that it can be loaded in favour of constituencies , to give them a heavy incentive to recruit more members . |
| 17 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 18 | East Germany had agreed to give them papers allowing them to go to the country of their choice , and they were expected to leave Poland ‘ in the very near future ’ . |
| 19 | No new Crosland seemed likely to emerge to give them a fresh charisma . |
| 20 | Nowadays the Army and the RAF identify the food items and the quality standards they require for their menus ( they work to a three or four week menu cycle to give them flexibility ) , and their requirements are then purchased on their behalf by the NAAFI purchasing organisation . |
| 21 | Kingsley Barrett , the Methodist , whom Ramsey had chosen for the faculty at Durham , wrote of his belief that a special providence must watch over the Church of England to give them at least some good bishops in spite of the deplorable method of their appointment . |
| 22 | We believe that a Town and Country Planning measure on the lines indicated would give planning authorities all the scope which they need and which the 1932 Act failed to give them . |
| 23 | pluggers exist to exploit the middle ground of those record releases which may be a hit , depending on whether radio producers and presenters are prepared to give them a ‘ run ’ . |
| 24 | It was Christmas time , and we used to give them oranges and sweets . |
| 25 | The latter does not like what he sees : ‘ ‘ Young men ought to be brought here to give them a horror of debauchery' ’ exclaimed the worthy man , bursting with disgust . ’ |
| 26 | When people seem to be falling down , I like to give them the opportunity to right themselves . |
| 27 | Only when the children feel less threatened will they be able to relax , and it 's up to you and your husband to give them that security . |
| 28 | I wish I had some bread to give them ; I spect they 're hungry . |
| 29 | From the beginning , Lewis was a conscientious tutor who tried to keep the balance right between amiability or conviviality ( not always possible between incompatible types ) and his duty to the pupils to give them sufficient preparation for their examinations . |
| 30 | We 're asking very poor countries to set aside land they could be cultivating food on — we have to give them something in return . ’ |