Example sentences of "was [verb] to give [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the expansion of larger manufacturing firms was designed to give them the opportunity to expand output with protection from fluctuations in demand given by avoiding any excessive accumulation of fixed costs . |
| 2 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 3 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 4 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 5 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 6 | Her alarmed personal physician Dr Michael Roth was forced to give her the stark warning when she refused to rest up completely . |
| 7 | His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . |
| 8 | Everyone , save Babs Osborne , understood that her Polish lover was trying to give her the push . |