Example sentences of "and give [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
| 2 | I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) . |
| 3 | We would have fished Tony out two or three kilometres down after the water had knocked him around a bit , and given him a dreadful bootful since he was wearing his Lundhags . |
| 4 | In addition , the war years had turned de Gaulle himself into a national leader and given him a unique symbolic identity , and yet had left him an inexperienced politician without an organized or cohesive following . |
| 5 | Herefordshire Friends of the Earth have looked into the Green Cone Scheme … and given them a guarded welcome : |
| 6 | Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information . |
| 7 | ‘ Under John 's leadership , the last three years have seen significant progress and given us a good start in tackling the challenges that lie ahead . ’ |
| 8 | Do n't you love your grandmother enough to come downstairs and give her a little goodbye kiss ? ’ |
| 9 | She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle . |
| 10 | I just tell him to shut up and give him a sharp rap across the knuckles . |
| 11 | I 'll just pop in and give them a good scare . |
| 12 | We 're out there riding as hard as we can and if that gives any of the supporters any sort of er consolation , I do n't know if it does or not , but it — we 're really giving our best all the time and er win , lose or draw you 'll always find us every time we 've got a doing our best and er although often some people might shout and scream and give us a hard time , er it 's not for , for lack of trying , I mean nobody wants to finish last and er me even more than most , so just get behind us and shout and scream and we 'll try our hardest . |
| 13 | He would come here and give you a good , price for everything you wanted to sell . " |
| 14 | But another judge will come along and give it a fine mark , but |
| 15 | ‘ Take him and give him a good dowsing . ’ |
| 16 | He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders . |
| 17 | and give him a rough time and he was the longest serving rep with . |
| 18 | Something of the atmosphere in Roxie Farmer 's house seemed to go home with Coffin and give him a restless night . |
| 19 | When he come in and give him a big kiss . |
| 20 | go past him and give him a fucking shot on the hooter twat |
| 21 | She can praise him and give him a little treat . |
| 22 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 23 | The board processes themselves often do not work , so one often hears the remark : the company policy is X , but of course I am not personally in support of this , I believe we should be doing Y. Since industrial success depends totally on getting the concentration of effort of widely differing groups of people with different skills to be applied at optimum effect to the achievement of the common goal , it is not difficult to see why such disparate messages strike at one 's heart and give one a more than usual dose of despair . |
| 24 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 25 | ‘ I shall ask Doctor Sparrow to come and see your mother and give her a complete medical check . ’ |
| 26 | A magic fairy that would whisk her away from all this , she thought , who could turn the clock back and give her a second chance — a more dignified entrance perhaps , a way of showing this arrogant rat just what she thought of him . |
| 27 | He managed to open his eyes now and give her a wan smile . |
| 28 | give her the benefit of the doubt and give her a fair chance . |
| 29 | But I said just go and give her a fair chance and I |
| 30 | He reached out , catching her by the shoulders to jerk her back towards him and give her a hard shake that made her head spin . |