Example sentences of "and give [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 We 've had times when we 've written to commercials and given them free tickets to dig ourselves out of a hole and things .
2 Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours .
3 Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh , actor , director and entrepreneur , has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours .
4 Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks .
5 We 're running out of time as usual , so if I can just come to that final line to you to consider and give me some views on them before you go .
6 Yeah okay well I 'll I 'll try and give you five minutes before eleven o'clock so er so you can nip over to the video room or wherever it 's being played .
7 In the former areas the chief executive is sustained in his perennial struggle for mastery with congress by his claim to represent the nation as a whole and by the provisions of the Constitution that designate him as Commander in Chief and give him special responsibilities in international relations .
8 The Driver in the case of a light engine then goes to the telephone to inform the Signalman each end of the tunnel and give them all particulars and if blocking both lines .
9 Of course , there are changes in the public sector , changes in organisation — indeed government finds it an almost irresistible temptation to tinker with its machinery , merge departments , break them up and give them new titles .
10 He wanted to get on with the job of examining the clothes and , he hoped , identifying the body , but he had another job to do first — to call on the River Police and give them such facts as he had .
11 We must encourage them to use paint intelligently and give them suitable colours .
12 Fabbio did his homework among the downsizing-bent corporates which gave him the idea for Dazel : exploit the need for managing information in the network environment and give them instantaneous links to fax , printers , voice and E-mail .
13 At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition .
14 Trustee John Routly said : ‘ The Trust has , therefore , proposed to the '64 Company that when this Amending Order is made the Ffestiniog would enable the '64 Company to construct the Pen-y-Mount-Pont Creoser section and give them running powers over that section .
15 During all the years I went to school in Parma she never failed to get up to warm the kitchen and give me hot drinks , however early it had to be ; it was sometimes five o'clock , if I had to finish work from the night before .
16 A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! )
17 Let's hope advertisers get the message and give us more laughs and less po-faced hype in future .
18 In this short series , Diane will try to solve some of the problems and give you new ideas for using the garter carriage .
19 We 're going to spend four hours a week , and I 'm going to sit down … and give you educational lectures . ’
20 On no account look out your passport and make for the airport because they 'll catch you in customs and the judge will be cross and tell you you 're a cold-blooded , ruthless and calculating murderess and give you twenty years .
21 And give you twenty tapes , the Sony Walkman and you 've got ta tape everything conversations for them .
22 So we 've looked at asking question visuals We 've got involving trainees which , with which we talking about involving trainees think about this side of it erm I suppose this is one of the best ways to show Training should be chunky The idea is that you put in your input yeah you talked around a subject and give you some guidelines , then we get a chance to practise the participation .
23 They can also tell you about worthwhile sightseeing and give you full details of excursions .
24 Birds will keep you up to date with RSPB conservation work at home and abroad , and give you top-quality photographs and paintings of birds and other wildlife .
25 It is primarily this area of work which has prompted many supporting agencies to identify with WACC and give it financial resources .
26 We will restore public control of the National Grid and give it new duties and powers to ensure the long-term security of electricity supplies .
27 A.C.G. Hastings was reprimanded by High Commissioner Girouard for using military means to effect the subjugation of the cannibal Tula tribe ; to redeem himself he volunteered to subdue the equally unruly Awok without firing a shot , and did so — by reminding them of the fate of the Tulas and giving them two hours to surrender their weapons .
28 In his second year he was already marking the Greek essays of first-year students and giving them some classes , in order to raise money .
29 On 7 October , Lloyd 's sent letters to 3,500 members establishing a legal debt to Lloyd 's and giving them 28 days to pay .
30 Tacitus takes the view that Antiochus IV tried to improve the Jews by abolishing their superstitions and giving them Greek customs : " demere superstitionem et mores Graecorum dare adnisus , quo minus taeterrimam gentem in melius mutaret " ( 5.8 ) .
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