Example sentences of "give [coord] take [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have both learnt our dialectic in the academic arena where knocks that would frighten the London literary coteries are given and taken in good part ; and even where you think me sometimes too pert you will not suspect me of malice . |
| 2 | The orthodoxy of educational planning and aid policy is subject to spectacular changes as world politics change , as the advice so confidently given and taken in former years proves not to yield the promised fruit , as old gurus are discredited and new ones rise to take their place . |
| 3 | Er if , if you , if you had , you had to dig a little hole in , in the , in the , by the wall on the , on the pavement like that to hold about sixty four marbles say , and you 'd start off and say , give or give or take give or take as a lawyer , I used to have four marbles , and whoever was taken that was a lawyer of four marbles , I do n't know why . |
| 4 | This can then be followed by a semantically ‘ empty ’ verb such as give or take in the passive . |
| 5 | Much of this takes place in the give and take of the unstructured world of the playground . |
| 6 | If the interview goes well there should be a reasonable amount of give and take of information throughout . |
| 7 | Paul enjoyed the talk at the Professor 's house , the give and take of ideas ; presently he began to sketch out some of these at the lodging , and before many weeks had passed had a book on his hands . |
| 8 | The way to stop this problem developing is to make sure that your child plays with other children from an early age , and gets accustomed to the give and take of play . |
| 9 | But he 's not g no give and take with this guy , he 's just taking advantage of his size . |
| 10 | The plan included anticipated target figures for the teacher-training and advanced further education populations in 1981 , of 4,800 and 8,800 respectively , which involved considerable give and take on the part of the individual authorities . |
| 11 | Give and take on housing |
| 12 | So I think there was more give and take between our performing than any other relationship . |
| 13 | Reciprocity implies dualism or symmetry : a give and take between two equivalent groups or individuals , in which the potentiality for debt is always present ( Polanyi 1957 ) . |
| 14 | On ministerial appointments for instance , while he made MacDonald change his intentions in a number of cases , he did not do so without occasional complaint front the Prime Minister , and continuing give and take between the two leaders . |
| 15 | As with all international negotiations , there has been give and take between all 12 member states . |
| 16 | As Joel Barnett , Wilson 's Chief Secretary to the Treasury , later described ‘ the quaintly titled social contract ’ , ‘ the only give and take in the contract was that the government gave and the unions took ’ . |
| 17 | There 's simply no give and take in the arias , which sound mechanical and unfeeling , the vocal line held fast in a the straitjacket of Toscanini 's unyielding beat . |
| 18 | She said , ‘ There 's got to be give and take in this . ’ |
| 19 | because there must be some give and take in the deal and the Purchaser would probably proceed on the same terms even if it knew of a few minor breaches — the Purchaser should not be able to bring a claim after completion for those kinds of problems ; |
| 20 | They seem to give and take without design . |
| 21 | It is obviously devastating for a parent to watch a child go through misery , but Dorothy Einon points out that children learn how to give and take from such experiences . |