Example sentences of "give [pron] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marlin had given them both a detailed description of the assailant , and instructions to let nobody up to the second floor without Ms Odell 's permission , and even then they were to accompany the visitor to the apartment door , and escort them out if his guest chose not to see them . |
| 2 | Cardiff manager John Lawless moved heaven and earth to get the Coopers back to South Wales this summer and is believed to have given them both an unprecedented £10,000 signing on fee and a £30,000 salary . |
| 3 | Erm , there 's a question of a rally in Central Hall , now in order to organise this pensioner 's rally there short of funds , erm , I think the executive will be discussing this and as , as before we did give them quite a considerable donating , because it costs a thousand pounds to hire the centre hall and we do want to erm take part in a very big rally , like the last one was . |
| 4 | Would you give them a hundred thousand pounds worth of life cover for a shorter period , looking at them making up the difference perhaps later when they could afford it , or would you give them initially a reduced amount of life cover , say eighty thousand , for the eighteen years ? |
| 5 | Ca n't say fairer than that , except if th'bist good to me as well I might even give thee back the two shilling . ’ |
| 6 | Can you give me just a few moments ? |
| 7 | Could you give me just a little clarification on that |
| 8 | Have you any idea at all , can you give me even the slightest clue , as to where her daughter might be ? ’ |
| 9 | And that , I mean it 's very very readable and I think if you just read those two books that should give you quite a good |
| 10 | The Stage I V8 was fitted with restrictors behind the carbs to ‘ strangle ’ the power down to comply with type approval regulations If you remove the carbs you will see behind them the restrictor ‘ plug ’ with three smaller holes in it Sometimes they pull out and sometimes they need breaking up with a chisel ( after removing the manifold ) This will give you quite a considerable increase in power , so watch the roadholding ! |
| 11 | ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me . |
| 12 | Yet I could I give her quite a few could n't |
| 13 | Volvo expects to produce 300 of those , which would give it roughly the same 60 per cent market share it enjoys in the heavy bus category after its takeover of Leyland Bus in 1988 . |
| 14 | A rapid look at The Times newspaper for this Monday in April might give us just the slightest inkling of the minutiae of English life on a most ordinary of ordinary days : Dickens was completing David Copperfield ; Bass 's India Pale Ale could be had for 33s. per 18-gallon cask ; Hampshire Breakfast Bacon would cost you 7½d. by the half side , while Captain Reid 's ‘ Walls End ’ coal was 19s. a ton . |
| 15 | Now whether it means that in the short term they all land on your desk , and you give them just a superficial examination I do n't know . |
| 16 | One portion of chips 'll be enough between us cos they give you quite a generous helping of chips so I |
| 17 | I give him back the open paper . |
| 18 | Well that 's right , give it away the first part of the question |
| 19 | Interestingly , they use the same term for aggression as the Buid , but give it precisely the opposite moral evaluation : ‘ A maisug person is combative and not deterred by physical danger and risk , one who has strong feelings and is not afraid to express them … |
| 20 | The architect and his wife would put Eric up for the night and give us both a delicious dinner , the Signora exercising just the degree of chaperonage that was considered desirable at that time . |
| 21 | Or give us here a bloody mint |
| 22 | Of all the commercial cities of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Genoa is the best documented , for its marvellous series of notarial registers give us almost a comprehensive view of the sophisticated world of contracts and partnerships , of commerce near and far , which made it the home of a commercial empire stretching from the western Mediterranean to the Middle East . |
| 23 | It feels that cowboys are being allowed to give everyone else a bad name by scattering illegal signs . |
| 24 | I still wanted to see more of the world , and as he was offering to give me double the usual pay , I managed to persuade my wife to let me go . |
| 25 | ‘ Candy , there must be three hundred people in the club tonight — would you care to give me just the faintest inkling who you 're talking about ? ’ |
| 26 | In Example 71 the two lower voices have ‘ clanging ’ motifs which evoke the atmosphere of the blacksmith 's forge : Here the ostinatos are unchanging pedal notes , but of course they could be recurring musical designs with changing harmonic potential to give them both a structural and an emotional purpose . |
| 27 | I am ready to give you again the beautiful face of |
| 28 | ‘ Maureen told me to give her just a small dose , and I did , ’ she said . |
| 29 | I would an for two reasons I , I 'm going to give her quite a long course . |
| 30 | All in all , I would be prepared to give her quite a high mark during her time in government , which I am sure will be a source of great relief to her when she comes to sleep at night . |