Example sentences of "[be] give [pers pn] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We — I stress ‘ we ’ — we 're giving it some real space and time . ’ |
| 2 | Now that they are giving it some serious work , they need a leader who can talk confidently to them and who can behave with authority on the world 's television screens . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls . |