Example sentences of "and give [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had lost another close companion , another friend , one who had helped and guided him and given him such pleasure . |
| 2 | For example , they have argued against almost every EC directive which would have improved women 's poor position in the work force , increased their opportunities and given them increased freedom to work . |
| 3 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |
| 4 | We 've had times when we 've written to commercials and given them free tickets to dig ourselves out of a hole and things . |
| 5 | The dish is tenderised and given its unique flavour by rubbing portions of duck with garlic , salt and black pepper . |
| 6 | The nameless , the humble , the ignorant and the overlooked were his chosen material , to be recorded and given their true place , and if possible to be transformed by love . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most remarkable of all , the Norfolk Broads , which are actually nothing more than the flooded workings of a huge medieval peat extraction industry , have recently been raised to the status of an Environmentally Sensitive Area and given their own Planning Authority . |
| 8 | Overseas exploration and colonial settlement opened up vistas of fabulous riches ; the existence of the barbarians could no longer just be taken for granted ; they had to be fitted in and given their proper place in the ordinary man 's picture of world geography . |
| 9 | There was no evidence of actual impropriety , you see , but Puddephat admitted he 'd been friendly with the girl and given her extra coaching . |
| 10 | When she was rescued by the local authorities and given her present welfare flat , she asked that her address be kept a secret . |
| 11 | The doctor had come and given her two tablets to take , he had said there was n't a thing wrong with he that would n't be wrong with any red-blooded girl who had seen a fatal accident . |
| 12 | Their father had always indulged her every whim , and she was so pretty that all her life she had been admired and given her own way . |
| 13 | The doctor had been in and given her some sleeping pills . |
| 14 | Having started the design ball rolling and given himself some idea of cast requirements , Barry moved on to his foremost task that of constructing the camera script . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh , actor , director and entrepreneur , has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 17 | Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility . |
| 18 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
| 19 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
| 20 | I think we all found this address very moving , especially Don MacIntyre , who had flown seven sorties as second pilot with F/L Poole 's crew before he himself was made a captain and given his own crew . |
| 21 | And given his own class position , as an émigré from the upper middle-class , a class serviced by the domestic labour of the working class , it is telling that he understands the contribution of coal to his class comfort , but does n't discuss the contribution of that other " service " , domestic service . |
| 22 | He was shown unpublished essays and given his own room to work in . |
| 23 | Given my concentration so far on the possession/separation issue , and its relation to the circulation process , and given my earlier insistence that economic class relations at the level of possession/separation can not be conceived as the underlying ‘ essence ’ of social and political collectivities and movements , which demand analysis in their own right , I am not yet in a position to draw full ‘ political conclusions ’ ( the following chapters will take us some way further in this direction ) . |
| 24 | The next day , all nine of us were lined up and given our civilian clothes ; we were to take a train to Paris that evening . |
| 25 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 26 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 27 | ‘ It is , but even the most hard-pressed executive owes it to himself to relax occasionally and give himself some space . ’ |
| 28 | In the early months of her grief , you and her other helpers may need to listen endlessly and give her quiet comfort during her episodes of extreme anguish and emotional excursions into the past . |
| 29 | We 're running out of time as usual , so if I can just come to that final line to you to consider and give me some views on them before you go . |
| 30 | They had to go and give him some support and they put up quite a good fight . |