Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] give a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One development worth calling to your attention , though , comes from South Africa : Vorster 's decision to give a measure of home-ownership rights to the ‘ urban African ’ . |
| 2 | For years afterwards , Jay 's heart gave a lurch every time she passed the place where they parked — Astrid drove the three hundred yards from her house so they could kiss in the car before she went to Timisia . |
| 3 | Evelyn 's heart gave a great clout . |
| 4 | Gilly 's heart gave a little spurt and flopped over like a dud rocket . |
| 5 | Ruth 's heart gave a heave , and suddenly all the frozen emptiness seemed to go melting through her , changed to burning tears . |
| 6 | Lucy 's heart gave a wild jump and started racing as she listened . |
| 7 | Mr Utterson 's heart gave a little jump of fear , but he bravely followed the servant into the laboratory to the bottom of the stairs . |
| 8 | Polly 's heart gave a horrible lurch . |
| 9 | Caroline 's heart gave a dangerous lurch . |
| 10 | ‘ It would n't mean very much to me either , ’ he replied with some charm , and , while Fabia 's heart gave a most unexpected flutter , he promptly took charge of her problem and , pointing to a patch of ground a little way over to the right , instructed , ‘ Steer your car over there . |
| 11 | The view of a matchbox held close to the viewer 's nose gave a clue to the multiple vision of Cubism and Futurism . |
| 12 | ( Moore 's article gives a useful discussion of these . ) |
| 13 | Brian Wynne 's article gave a good account of the farmer 's viewpoint of ‘ official ’ science and the general problems of scientific communication and credibility raised by the aftermath of Chernobyl ( ‘ After Chernobyl : science made too simple ? ’ , 26 January ) . |
| 14 | Benedict 's reagent goes orange , Tollin 's reagent gives a silver mirror , acidified dichromate solution goes green , and Fehling 's reagent goes bright red . |
| 15 | Nicola 's husband gave a nervous smile . |
| 16 | An Italian flair does not go amiss in the Elgar : Accardo 's impetuosity gives a new slant to the score , his intensity in the Andante an immediacy . |
| 17 | The latest edition of Boutell 's Heraldry gives a fine series of examples of feudal differencing of arms as assumed by the family of Luterell and their associated and dependent folk . |
| 18 | Feynman 's approach gives a particularly simple way of understanding how that neat classical picture will nevertheless emerge as a limiting case for " large " systems , that is for systems whose action is very big on the scale set by h . |
| 19 | Diana 's arrival gave a big boost to patients , said another visitor 74-year-old Frances Smee , whose husband Joseph , 78 , has bone cancer . |
| 20 | St Katharine 's report gave a good opening statement of objectives , an excellent description of community involvement , and made effective use of two colours . |
| 21 | The author went to Beecher 's chapel to give a public reading . |
| 22 | The third clock remained silent , but as if to compensate , a watch on the AC 's wrist gave a tiny chirp . |
| 23 | Gemma 's mother gave a sigh of deep satisfaction and love . |
| 24 | McDunn 's face gives a good impression of being stone-clad . |