Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to give [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Empty phrases to give you the illusion that it 's Adam who 's holding you , and not me ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This state-of-the-art shaver has three positions to give you the perfect shave and a trimmer for those with sideburns and/or moustache . |
| 4 | Yet many easterners complain that , since their revolutions began in 1989 , the Community has been too wrapped up in its own affairs to give them the attention they deserve . |
| 5 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |
| 6 | Yes , I think it 's just to follow on from that erm about trusting children to give us the sort of clues that we need to be able to respond to , very often they do that in ways that are not directly associated perhaps with the anxiety that 's around , so that they may be expressing their anxiety by just generally difficult behaviour or by wetting the bed at night , or maybe being quite disruptive in their play , or provoking other children , and adults who are able to see that sort of behaviour as useful for information for us , so that we can respond appropriately , not out of anger and a erm judgemental sort of response , but in a way that we can support their anxiety by by not getting over excited and + and erm responding in a very aggressive way to the very aggression that they 're expressing as a result of their anxiety . |