Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [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 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 5 | The doctors had given me strict orders to keep warm while I was recuperating and there was no heating at all in the house , ’ said Mrs Easby . |
| 6 | It may not apply to anything but I know in the past when she 's given me those things to try erm she 's got a book at home and it 'll say erm particular |
| 7 | You 've given me enough food to keep me alive and Cousin Genti 's cast-off clothing , seeing we 're the same size . |
| 8 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 9 | Instead of going home to forget he took BR to court , having given them ample opportunity to avoid proceedings , and won . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Since the 1920s women have been free of the burden of high fertility which previously would have given them young children to cope with for more than two decades of their adult life . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 13 | We 've had times when we 've written to commercials and given them free tickets to dig ourselves out of a hole and things . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As a gift to the family , Wimpey Homes has given them some furniture to help make their new house feel more like home . |
| 16 | The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit . |
| 17 | instead , arranging activities together will help the young person to know that you care and will give them other things to do . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | You could give them two minutes to check with their neighbours what they think has happened . |
| 20 | We must give them suitable materials to work with — suitable tools — brushes , paper , paints , etc . |
| 21 | Nevertheless because they are supposed to be men of wide experience and outstanding capability the bishop may from time to time give them particular tasks to do in connection with parish priests . |
| 22 | B and K claimed that the Board should give them sufficient information to enable them to answer the case against them . |
| 23 | Bring them in so that they share the unpopularity but do n't give them enough power to change anything . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Ryabov 's defection will give them enough votes to block the two-thirds majority that is needed to change the constitution . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I feel sure you 'll understand that it will give me great satisfaction to entertain your niece 's young cousin . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along . |
| 29 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 30 | Can you give me some safety hints on garden step design ? |