Example sentences of "give a [det] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that if today we can give a little help to those who are carrying on the race the money will not be wasted , ’ ( House of Commons Debate , Vol. 300 , col. 1634 ) . |
| 2 | The plaintiff can give a little assistance to those who dress her and when she 's got out of bed she can stand with the assistance of one other person . |
| 3 | Perhaps I can give a few pointers to anyone just starting up . |
| 4 | I had once given a few lessons to a nun at a convent not far from where I lived , so that I was slightly known there . |
| 5 | May I please ask you to give a little time to thinking how best you personally can assist the Society to raise enough funds before the end of this year to complete our Development Plan for 1988 ? |
| 6 | Giving a little thought to body language beforehand will get you off to a good start . |
| 7 | Before deciding on a particular course , it is worthwhile giving a little thought to the best time to go and the subjects which the counselling should cover . |
| 8 | But on the journey to Vadinamia I also spent some time giving a little thought to security . |
| 9 | I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding . |
| 10 | Indeed if one gives a little thought to the matter it becomes distinctly doubtful that one could ever establish anything even vaguely resembling a sheet of charge . |
| 11 | Colin Dexter explains how his appearances started and gives a few tips to potential extras . |