Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] give some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In his speech , Charles praised my ‘ sterling contribution ’ to the school and shortly after it Paul came up to me and made the touching suggestion that I should give some classes in the summer term — if I was still free .
2 I shall give some space in this chapter to considering the single threads , the first strands , how they are chosen and set into place .
3 I shall give some reasons which weigh heavily in favour of the withdrawal of this provision .
4 So before going on to explain the origins of the London-based research , I shall give some background to the language situation in the Caribbean .
5 I shall give some examples .
6 I will give some examples of signals that maintain relationships within a species from a familiar companion animal , the domestic cat .
7 In the next chapter , I will give some examples of " Jamaican " which I collected from children and adolescents in London .
8 We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening .
9 Before you start to lay a garden path , you should give some thought to the style and the materials you are going to use , as well as their cost .
10 He agreed to pay them but told Gina she must give some Italian lessons or something in future if she wanted to treat herself to things like that .
11 If you have paid for , or returned , any items it would be helpful if you could give some indication of the date of payment or return and whether a cheque was used .
12 I 'm the proud owner of a Series III SWB Petrol Land Rover , but I wonder if you could give some advice on a really effective alarm system that I could fit myself , also I did n't want to fit the hasp and staple type of bonnet lock , but the type that I have seen fitted to some County and Ninety models , is that possible .
13 The CAB welfare worker can not predict exact dates but by looking at a client 's circumstances he or she can give some indication .
14 Once they are started off you can give some attention to the support finances and the Joint Fundings .
15 Perhaps you can give some examples . ’
16 From this it follows that we could give some account of what it might mean to ‘ change the context ’ in the sense in which Fillmore ( 1977 : 119 ) envisages this when he says ‘ I … find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . ’
17 This was most clearly shown by Paul Dirac 's formulation of the general principles of quantum theory , of which we shall give some account in the following chapter .
18 There is no certain formula for making good , original melody , yet we can give some principles which will help towards this goal .
19 We can give some way to describing these people , this is how adapters are generally seen .
20 Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long .
21 Pissing crap Sportsnight did nt have England highlights , so you thought they would give some coverage to the other ‘ UK ’ sides … nah .
22 They instructed us to tell the promoter that they would give some money towards the gig 's adverts in the local papers .
23 Although this may be a couple of years out of date , it only costs £3 and it may give some clues as to the strength of the company .
24 May I suggest that he apologises in a broadcast from No. 10 Downing street , which I understand he occupies temporarily , and that he should give some thought
25 I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government .
26 He then feels that , in all fairness , he must give some guidance on the loose ends , even at the last moment .
27 Instead of just describing and classifying the orchids , he could give some explanation of their appearance .
28 Compare this with the value of £100,000,000 netted in 1985 , which included 317kg. of heroin and it will give some idea of the growth rate and size of the problem we were tackling .
29 Let's begin by looking at what happened in the past , as it will give some insights into what took place in Utah in 1989 and help us understand better why people reacted in the ways that they did .
30 This morning John Smith says he is saddened by John 's remarks , he thinks it will give some material to John Major , I 've got news for him , many times I 've been saddened when he 's said nowt to John Major when all the clangers he 's dropped .
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