Example sentences of "and [pron] give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill only likes H P beans and I give Maggie a tin of them seventeen P beans and I says throw the tin away before he sees it and he could n't tell the difference . |
| 2 | Assistant catering manager Ronnie McLay said : ‘ A short time before the hungry crowds descended , catering manager Sid Ashford and I gave Jim , Lorna and Agnes a big surprise : they were to deal with the barbecue while we acted as runners . |
| 3 | She did n't tell me what I was doing , so all right , I pushed , and I gave birth to the afterbirth and thought , Oh , that 's why she wanted me to push . |
| 4 | It did n't seem my sort of thing at all and I gave Harvey a glance to indicate it . |
| 5 | I wrote scientific papers by dictating to a secretary , and I gave seminars through an interpreter who repeated my words more clearly . |
| 6 | The position of churchmen in such transactions caused some debate , and their giving security was forbidden in the Constitutions of Clarendon of 1164 . |
| 7 | WITH the eradication of smallpox by WHO 's successful vaccination campaign , it may have seemed that vaccinia , the cowpox virus that is the basis for the vaccine and which gave vaccination its name , might at last be ready to bow out from its central role in world medicine . |
| 8 | the right of privacy did not extend so far as to confer a protected right on consenting adults to pursue their own choice in the matter of watching obscene and pornographic motion pictures within a theatre … [ even one ] not open to minors and which gave patrons due notice of the kind of entertainment provided . |
| 9 | This recalled the nuncupatio , the oral recital which in principle still lay behind every written will , and which gave validity to the dispositions recorded . |
| 10 | However , it was precisely the lack of consensus about Thebes ' — or anybody else 's — leadership which in the fifth century led to federalism of so unusual and developed a kind , and which gave Boiotia the cohesion , and the manpower , to defeat Sparta at Leuktra in 371 . |
| 11 | We are taking forward three major initiatives : the making a corporate commitment campaign , which is designed to secure board level commitment to energy efficiency ; best practice , which is the Department 's main programme of energy efficiency information transfer ; and the energy management assistance scheme , which I have mentioned and which gives grant aid to the energy efficiency projects of smaller businesses . |
| 12 | It is the use of this ‘ apparatus ’ which enables people to express themselves in speech and which gives speech its quality and pattern . |
| 13 | ‘ And who gave evidence of identity ? ’ |
| 14 | Palace fans of 1964–1973 owed a great deal to Dick Graham , who was the man who brought Palace back to the ‘ big-time ’ after years of obscurity , and who gave Palace the opportunity ( so admirably taken by Graham 's successor , Bert Head ) of achieving the dream of everyone connected with the Palace club — a place in Division One . |
| 15 | He it was who turned Abram into Abraham ( 17.5 ) , and Sarai into Sarah ( 17.15 ) , and who gave Isaac his name before he was born ( 17.19 ) . |
| 16 | And in such situations it is usually the unpaid office holders who stand at the top of the hierarchy and who give orders to their wage-earning staff |
| 17 | And she gave Anwar a mouthful . |
| 18 | Hercules , paying a visit , seduced her and she gave birth to a son , Telephus , with unfortunate consequences for them both , but for Hercules it was a passing encounter . |
| 19 | And she gave Tommaso Rosa 's message , ‘ Come . |
| 20 | And she gave Gabriel a mossy stone to sit on , and a pillow of leaves . |
| 21 | ‘ You was worried about her , Isaac , same as all of us , ’ said Peg , and she gave Pa one of those nice smiles that made you feel warm inside . |
| 22 | At this point , new but emotionally-related material should appear to capture our interest , and itself give way to what we heard first , which we greet with renewed interest . |
| 23 | Okay we a major cause of some five hundred thousand pounds and we give addition to the three point six five one million which has been identified in this amendment . |
| 24 | ‘ We try to promote a healthy lifestyle and we give advice on good living practice , ’ said occupational health nurse , one of two full time nurses at the centre who constantly monitor the health effects of the multitude of jobs on the site . |
| 25 | When the Mirror 's expose was published , Marshall was arrested and we gave police the clearest visual proof of her crime . |
| 26 | Manchester Computing Centre has reprinted the SASPAC91 manual produced by the London Research Centre , which comes in two volumes , one describing the language and one giving outlines of the tables . |
| 27 | They are essential for a healthy nervous system and they give protection against infection , aid in energy production and promote growth . |
| 28 | Localized zones of compressional and tensional stress are common along strike-slip faults and they give rise to a number of distinctive landforms . |
| 29 | The dogs are excited , and they give voice to their exuberance . |
| 30 | They cover topics including goods selling in and out ( which stores are buying what from the manufacturer in what quantity , and how quickly consumers are then buying that product ) or what type of product consumers are buying , and they give comparisons between brands in particular categories , for example soft drinks , analgesics , breakfast cereals , and almost anything in fact . |