Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] give [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wireless and the cinema gave me such enjoyment that I decided I 'd become an actor , a film star . |
| 2 | Local authorities are to be given the leading role in the organisation of community care , but the decision to give them this responsibility was taken with the greatest possible reluctance and only after every other possibility had been explored . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you disapprove of us , my angel ? ’ she asked , exalted by wine and overbearing , and took him down to the kitchen to give him some of the leftover chicken . |
| 4 | ‘ The university gave me some nice dinners and said ‘ do n't worry about coming back to work . |
| 5 | The World Bank in Washington DC has placed an order with Reading , Berkshire-based Racal-Redac ( UK ) Ltd for 154 of its CadStar printed circuit board design packages and 57 advanced MS-DOS routers : the products will be used by participants in India 's Impact programme , set up with the help of the World Bank , to provide the country 's leading educational institutions with electronic design automation tools and other software ; Racal-Redac reckons the deal gives it some 50% of the Indian printed circuit board design software market . |
| 6 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 7 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 8 | The lender gives you some of its money to use for your own purposes — but in return you pay interest on the loan . |
| 9 | Paul the apostle gives us this assurance : ‘ He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 10 | Does the title give you any clues ? |
| 11 | Why had the Revolution given us all so little when we had sacrificed everything for it ? ’ |
| 12 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 13 | The guide gives us some brief paddling instructions and then we 're off , hurtling furiously downstream . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit . |
| 15 | But however low he is brought , the urgent forward and upward drive of the writing gives us such moments as stages on the way to eventual triumph . |
| 16 | The centre gave me all the information I needed to get help . |
| 17 | She remembered what he had said about steering clear of married women , and she decided that they probably were n't , not that the thought gave her any pleasure . |
| 18 | The thought gave her another fillip of excitement — her first job for Focus Now , the new picture magazine Nick was editing — and it was a corker , she knew it in her bones . |
| 19 | He also uses personification rather a lot throughout the novel to give us more of an idea of what he was experiencing . |
| 20 | Give Nosey a good kicking if the bastard gives you any trouble . ’ |
| 21 | We would love to put out title on the line , if the IRB had the guts and the vision to give us that chance . |
| 22 | Apart from the very great difficulty of establishing how a couple manage their finances ( in effect one would have to take their word for it ) and the strong incentive they would have to arrange their affairs so as to safeguard the woman 's claim to benefit , the fact that she is receiving benefit may itself make it unnecessary for the man to give her more than is required for his own keep . |
| 23 | ‘ The hospital gave her this wig . |
| 24 | " The doctor gave me some tranquillisers but they have n't helped either . |
| 25 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |
| 26 | Still 'as trouble passing 'is water , but the doctor give 'im some new medicine . |
| 27 | The forest was dark and low upon me , and only the gunfire gave me any sense of direction . |
| 28 | Can the Minister give us that evidence ? |
| 29 | Turning from the attractions of the Scotch whisky industry , can the Minister give us more information about the important regulatory aspects of getting companies which sub-contract to the Ministry of Defence to pay their bills or have them paid quickly ? |
| 30 | Will my hon. Friend the Minister give us some assurance that regulations relating to the council tax will be in place by the end of this year ? |