Example sentences of "give [pron] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 2 | In a world of fast transport and high mobility , working for an international company has given me much opportunity to travel , particularly in europe , the United States and the Far East . |
| 3 | But when we arrived home , we found the stranger had given me two pound notes as well as the coin . |
| 4 | You 've given me enough food to keep me alive and Cousin Genti 's cast-off clothing , seeing we 're the same size . |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 6 | Instead of going home to forget he took BR to court , having given them ample opportunity to avoid proceedings , and won . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Did you have a — ? ’ good trip , Leith might have said , but as if thinking he 'd given them enough time to sort themselves out , Naylor was butting in , and positively flabbergasting her by what he chose to interrupt with ! |
| 9 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 10 | As a gift to the family , Wimpey Homes has given them some furniture to help make their new house feel more like home . |
| 11 | The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit . |
| 12 | Back then , I 'd have given my right arm to have had the opportunity you 've collared . |
| 13 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 14 | The USA had previously been opposed to such involuntary repatriation , as had the Vietnamese government , but the latter was expected to go along with the initiative , given its current desire to restore diplomatic relations with the USA . |
| 15 | Chicago Symphony The First Symphony of 54-year-old American composer John Corigliano , whose music is characterised by its deliberately accessible style , is given its British premiere conducted by Daniel Barenboim . |
| 16 | In 1979 , British voters were given their first opportunity to elect representatives . |
| 17 | It would have given her infinite satisfaction to watch Adam being frogmarched to the door . |
| 18 | After a consultation , colour is applied and the client is given her own clock to time the development . |
| 19 | It 's a high-risk enterprise for us to , to pontificate about local radio , particularly as we have three as it were local radio representatives here , and we shall give them ample opportunity to confirm or deny the sort of things we 're saying . |
| 20 | B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them . |
| 21 | Bring them in so that they share the unpopularity but do n't give them enough power to change anything . ’ |
| 22 | In cases of mild illness , such as coughs and colds , often all you can do is let children rest and give them over-the-counter medication to relieve pain or fever and help them to sleep . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel sure you 'll understand that it will give me great satisfaction to entertain your niece 's young cousin . |
| 24 | Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen as the Chairman of South Cambridgeshire District Council it does give me great pleasure to welcome the Institute of Environmental Health Officers to Girton College here in South Cambridgeshire this morning . |
| 25 | ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along . |
| 26 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 27 | Can you give me some safety hints on garden step design ? |
| 28 | Please could you give me some information to help me set up the tank for coldwater fish , such as filtration , lighting , decor and stocking ? , . |
| 29 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 30 | I 'm sorry you did n't give me enough time to thank you for it . ’ |