Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] give [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 2 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 3 | As to Maurice , my godmother gave me the money to buy a bit of property when I left Southport . |
| 4 | Antique furniture , yes , erm , because I 'd bought that during the war in various antique places , you know , and erm , what did we buy , no I think my father gave us the bedroom furniture was , which was at the |
| 5 | My dad gave him the sort of look that only someone declared clinically dead can manage . |
| 6 | The thought of soiled nappies and vomit on my clothes gives me the horrors . |
| 7 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 8 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 9 | My mother gave you the calm . |
| 10 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 11 | Her trembling gave him the impression of her own passion being fuelled , which in its turn led him on to further , and deeper caresses . |
| 12 | A glance at her watch gave her the perfect excuse to leave immediately … |
| 13 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 14 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |
| 15 | They not only make an income from their paintings , and the cards from them , but their work gives them the challenge to succeed despite handicap . |
| 16 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 17 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 18 | In its internal history for the Joint Chiefs of Staff , their secretariat give them the credit ( or blame ) for taking the first step in shifting the battle for Asia from China to Southeast Asia . |
| 19 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |
| 20 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 21 | Only her anger gives her the energy to lift her arm to look at her watch . |
| 22 | Buzzcocks differ in only one way from their contemporaries : they possess a spark of originality ( that was important once , remember ? ) , and their music gives you the impression they spent longer than the customary ten minutes clutching the quill in preparation to write . |
| 23 | Besides which , Milada Pankracova , his secretary , expressly stated in her letter giving me the appointment that her employer had no time or inclination to repeat himself , and that this was the last communication they wanted on the subject . |
| 24 | Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow 's leaking out , the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones , power centralised , corruption institutionalised , and a generation created which 'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out . ’ |
| 25 | Conrad and Philippa think they are real , and their reality gives them the right to doubt mine . |
| 26 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 27 | Gratitude because of the unhesitating generosity with which Doreen gave him the hospitality of her body ; responsibility because he had ceased to be a passing visitor to that body , taking what he could get , and had become a guest , leaving behind something as a token of their intimacy . |
| 28 | ‘ Victor does a marvellous job in the loose for Bath because they are the strongest club side in England and therefore their pack give him the chance to run free . |
| 29 | Had her mother given her the wrong information ? |
| 30 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |