Example sentences of "but [pers pn] give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 2 | Birds in the wild do n't have much variety in their diet — it really does n't seem to bother them — but I give Dawn mice sometimes , and a rat every now and again as a ‘ treat ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 4 | But she gives Maurice Roche 's novel Compact ( 1966 ) as an example of a narrative which uses the future tense effectively for purposes other than prophecy . |
| 5 | The rest of the cast play a variety of roles , and have constant costume changes , but they give cameo performances of famous personalities including Chaplin 's earlier wives , H. G. Wells , Mac Sennett , Samuel Goldwyn , the Prince of Wales , Lord Mountbatten and Anna Pavlova . |
| 6 | But they gave opportunities for the advancement of town planning , facilitating consultancy work and ( so ably fostered by Pepler ) encouraging individual local authorities to take the first steps in scheme preparation in their own areas . |
| 7 | In proceedings for conversion , Lynskey J. felt obliged to assess the value of the car at the date of judgment ( £120 ) but he gave credit for the sum expended by the defendant , leaving £35 as the damages recoverable by the plaintiff . |
| 8 | When he lived in Falmouth , Brand was an art teacher , but he gave lectures on astrology and cast horoscopes in his spare time . |
| 9 | But he gave Donald another chance . |
| 10 | How this might be reconciled with the terms of the Maastricht text goes beyond the scope of this article , but it gives rise to the thought that it might even be legitimate for the Community ( given the political will ) to legislate in this area using the general power of Article 235 of the EEC Treaty , which allows the Council , in the absence of more specific powers , to enact legislation which is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Community . |
| 11 | The problem is overcome , at least partially , by using money as the unit of measurement — this greatly simplifies the adding up , but it gives rise to the problem of distinguishing between real and nominal values . |
| 12 | This sort of action is still infrequent and perhaps not very significant , but it gives hope that the enthusiasm that was much in evidence at the conference can help to revitalise the labour movement — this time globally organised , just like capital . |
| 13 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
| 14 | Thus , if the child appears with a bleeding wound the cotton wool not only performs well in staunching the flow , but it gives satisfaction because the mother has no fears about its cleanliness , and because the use of the material represents a special act of care . |
| 15 | This was only a fraction of the total size of the European economy , but it gave assistance in some key areas , was of particular importance in strengthening the French and Italian governments and forced the Europeans to work together in overcoming their problems . |
| 16 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 17 | Civil-rights activists were appalled by the new brutality of the police , but it gave courage to ordinary people to become informers . |