Example sentences of "to give [noun prp] the " in BNC.

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1 Julia waited to give Raffaella the bad news until she had delivered her lesson , led a halting conversation in English about the future of Italy , handed out the previous week 's exercises that she had marked , and set the work for the next lesson .
2 England without half the team they will be expected to send out against Poland at Wembley on September 8 survived to give Taylor the respite he needs .
3 Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’
4 Any Palestinian who speaks will have to have the approval of the PLO , but this will not be said publicly because we do n't want to give Shamir the chance to withdraw , which we think he 's looking for an excuse to do . ’
5 Scattered amongst the infinite variety of trees and plants are picturesque villages whose white-walled cottages have blended into the light-coloured landscape to give Ibiza the nickname ‘ La Isla Blanca ’ — The White Island .
6 INVESTORS still willing to give Fisons the benefit of the doubt should look at the pharmaceuticals group 's annual report for 1991 , in which the most striking themes are elephants and flowers .
7 A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out .
8 A speedy , sixth-minute break saw Roberto Paci intercept Warren Neil 's desperate back pass to give Lucchese the lead .
9 Two minutes after the break , Dwight Marshall 's optimistic 25-yarder beat Dorking keeper Lee Orkney 's dive to give Plymouth the lead .
10 According to Gerald of Wales , who gives the most vivid , if not the most reliable , account of these days , Henry was then required to give Richard the kiss of peace .
11 ‘ I 've been busy trying to give Frank the backing he deserves , but we , the board , ca n't go into the dressing room and pick the side .
12 She was determined not to give Richmann the satisfaction of seeing her cry , beg or show fear .
13 Chairman Corden refused to give Gray the infamous vote of confidence , but he was eventually forced to take action after Torquay outclassed Quakers 3–0 at a windy Plainmoor , with Justin Fashanu setting up victory .
14 His boyish , open face with its look of disciplined idealism was vaguely familiar to Massingham , who suspected that he might have seen it in a police recruitment pamphlet , but decided in the interest of harmonious co-operation to give Underhill the benefit of the doubt .
15 Gary Wolstenholme drew on his wealth of experience over the Hoylake course to give England the all-important point which keeps them on course for a fifth title in a decade .
16 The Department of Transport was then offering a 50% grant towards the cost of new one-man buses , and was persuaded to give Blackpool the same grant for converting its railcoaches to ‘ new trams ’ .
17 But that was not enough to give Mussolini the bargaining leverage he wanted .
18 He sent on Dublin and Mick Norbury and , within 30 seconds of the restart , they combined to give Cambridge the victory which , after four successive draws , took them back to second in the table .
19 Robert knew , but he was n't going to give Hasan the satisfaction of knowing that he knew .
20 You 'll have to give Glen the money though .
21 It helped to give Hartlepool the lead , with the move begun in their own area and completed by Paul Baker 's firm header on Paul Dalton 's cross .
22 The fathers failed to give Philip the satisfaction of a full-scale condemnation : the Order was suppressed by an administrative act of the pope 's and not by the Council .
23 All she could do was to give Adam the completed programs , and then keep as far away as possible from Lynx and the man who ran it .
24 And in particular , she did not like at all that he had felt it necessary to give Lubor the instructions he had about her .
25 I never knew how much Albert and Mary gave Mum and Dad , but they threw money around like water ; as Mum had said , she was going to give Mary the best turn-out in the district .
26 With the match looking as though it would end goalless at the interval David Tate broke down the right and from his cross Ged Kennedy forced the ball home to give Eppleton the lead .
27 Her mother , Valerie , had returned to teaching after her family were off her hands , but she had been forced to give up her job to give Jennifer the care she needed .
28 The result was enough , however , to give Australia the trophy .
29 Whittingham scored in the 65th minute to give Portsmouth the three goals they needed to rise above West Ham .
30 On 19th August , 1856 , Hall sent identical letters to Clarendon and Panmure , saying that he had directed Hunt to prepare the instructions for the competition , and asked the Secretaries of State to appoint a representative from each of their departments to give Hunt the ‘ extent and kind of accommodation required ’ .
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