Example sentences of "give [pron] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that . |
| 2 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 3 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 4 | What comes to light around the 4th , 10th and 15th may give you quite a jolt . |
| 5 | " If I went over to the hotel now and had supper , that would give you about an hour to find a man and get ready . |
| 6 | We 'll give you twice a day but a slightly bigger dose so that 's actually five hundred milligrammes twice a day . |
| 7 | But you did give her quite a blow . |
| 8 | Could she give us just a handful of examples of people who were moved from geriatric beds into the private sector in the early stages of the development of the policy and were given the assurance that she says was publicly given that the Government had no intention of meeting fees , however high ? |
| 9 | Erm and possibly the installation of mini roundabouts at the minor junctions erm would give us quite a lot of benefit . |
| 10 | For it is becoming increasingly clear that a semantic theory alone can give us only a proportion , and perhaps only a small if essential proportion , of a general account of language understanding . |
| 11 | ‘ I was watching that nun talking to you — it seems to have given you quite a turn . ’ |
| 12 | This book has given you quite a bit of practical advice — things to actually DO . |
| 13 | They give them about an hour there before the curtain goes up . |
| 14 | If you give me just a second … a second or two … just … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If they do n't , we give someone else a chance . ’ |
| 16 | Or or or the vice chairman could do it on alto clarinet and give somebody else a clarinet part to play . |
| 17 | Some sportsmen connect you viscerally with them when they perform , often those who , like Christie , are not infallible , are not always perfectly behaved , but who give you both a run for your money and a sense that what they 're doing is dramatic and important . |
| 18 | OUR super EXCLUSIVE Wallchart features 14 of the terrible tearaways and the dramatic full-colour pictures give you just a hint of what it must be like to meet them in the ring . |
| 19 | Nell , watching them go , sighed and said , ‘ She did n't kiss Xanthe goodnight , you know , or give her even a hug to comfort her . |
| 20 | Give it away a bit really did n't he ? |
| 21 | Neil and D. Davis did n't bother entering the comp so as to give everyone else a chance … and I ca n't really think of anyone who particularly merits a mention … oh , apart from Z-boy Fez who wore stripy skin tight trousers and looked ridiculous … do n't know the results — and hey ! |
| 22 | On the costume side the addition of ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ feet strove to give them both an alien and a slightly comic appearance , again emphasising the points Whitaker wanted stressed from the script about these quizzical little xenophobics . |
| 23 | And me mam says , oh just for a change to give someone else a chance . |
| 24 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 25 | ‘ I simply meant somewhere for Jennifer to go on a regular basis for short periods of time simply to give you both a rest . |
| 26 | ‘ Somewhere that Jennifer could be cared for to give you both a break . ’ |
| 27 | The perfect answer to all the music press critics : the massed armies of the anti-Morrissey brigade and yours truly ( who bought the record only to give it away a week later after feeling let down ) , came by way of the fans . |
| 28 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann , that cunning , solitary ace from Argentina , worried about his racing twenty-four hours a day ; James seemed to give it scarcely a thought — technically , as a contributor to development he was something less than a devoted genius ( but on the track he had extraordinarily good reflexes and a lot of savvy ) . |
| 29 | As opposed to giving them possibly a ball bearing . |
| 30 | giving it just a couple more minutes and if he does n't come |