Example sentences of "[noun] gives [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your mouth gives away the fact that you 're not the frigid woman you 're making out to be — aside from all the other proof I have ! ’ he needled her by saying curtly . |
| 2 | Applying Kirchhoff 's voltage law to the input and output meshes gives Thus The results obtained for this particular network are illustrative of the fact that or in all passive networks . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman 's intervention gives away the identity of at least one hon. Member who agrees with that view . |
| 4 | Julian gives up the hunt for that elusive pressing plant |
| 5 | Since August 12th Mr Hussein has repeated like a gramophone the refrain that he will not budge from Kuwait until Israel gives up the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 6 | And if the generator gives up the ghost in the night you 've got a torch on the table , and a candle . |
| 7 | Ian gives up the ghost |
| 8 | Parsons gives up the matter in disgust when Tottle fails to win the hand of the eminently eligible Miss Lillerton . |
| 9 | Although Ice Cube 's role as an agent provocateur is unequivocal , his future as a bankable revolutionary must be open to doubt , despite his assertion on the liner notes of ‘ Predator ’ : ‘ I will become an African-American when America gives up the oppression of my people . ’ |