Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give them hinged lids for storage and add soft pads covered with fabric for comfortable seating . |
| 2 | Well it 's just that for that , I mean that 's all , it 's all relative for those conditions there are , there is too much labour on the land , you erm , if you could increase agricultural productivity in a way that would displace labour and that 's very difficult to do , well you can , you can do it er most , most capital is labour displacing but not all , not all capital , erm so you could , whereas I see , I see what you are saying is that , why well the you could g you could , you could do it right even though that there are a lot of people on the land er you could still make them wholly productive by giving them more capital that was n't labour that was n't labour displacing , like you give them better seeds for example , like that would increase the productivity of the land , there would n't be so much you know population pressure on the land er because everybody would have enough to eat and we could er actually sell something , right . |
| 3 | At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition . |
| 4 | I give them exact details of my weight , height and age , and when my periods stopped . |
| 5 | Trustee John Routly said : ‘ The Trust has , therefore , proposed to the '64 Company that when this Amending Order is made the Ffestiniog would enable the '64 Company to construct the Pen-y-Mount-Pont Creoser section and give them running powers over that section . |
| 6 | THE more scientists write to The Times threatening to vote Labour unless we give them huge sums of money , the more many of us feel it is time to call a halt to science . |
| 7 | Give me fifteen minutes of your time and you 'll hire me . |
| 8 | Give me modern words through the first line , please , Darren . |
| 9 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 10 | Erm , give me two houses on Old Kent Road … |
| 11 | Er , give me two methods of updating the linking formulae in Release Three or Four . |
| 12 | Er , give me two methods for , for how you can update the linking formulae ? |
| 13 | My own landlord did , in fairness , give me veiled offers of money ( bribes ) to move elsewhere but in all honesty I simply was n't streetwise enough to figure out what exactly he had in mind . |
| 14 | Give me three tickets for your first concert , and I 'll be happy . ’ |
| 15 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 16 | ‘ Give me ten minutes at the bottom , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Cos they do n't actually , if you do something like that , say you put plus five , minus five and then sit down and , you 're the one that plus three and minus three you do n't actually lose marks doing something wrong , you can not be penalised for doing it wrong , you can only gain credit for doing something right , because they 'll , give you five marks to doing that bit right and then knock three off for doing something else wrong , they , they would never give you penalty marks , they will only credit for doing things right , but so often it 's quite like down as you want , you ca n't . |
| 18 | So probably the sensible thing to do is to give you six weeks worth er one a day , si twenty eight , y g give you eight weeks worth and then see how you are at the end of two months continuous treatment . |
| 19 | In this short series , Diane will try to solve some of the problems and give you new ideas for using the garter carriage . |
| 20 | They can also tell you about worthwhile sightseeing and give you full details of excursions . |
| 21 | ‘ I give you full marks for a vivid imagination but … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I give you full marks for trying — your imagination does you credit — but you forget I 've had both you and Garry watched ; if there were two of you I would know . ’ |
| 23 | So if you would like to prepare yourself responses and ready for a preparation , not preparation , presentation erm it 's coming to half past nine give you twenty minutes on that preparation , so if we can be back ten to ten this group please . |
| 24 | So that give you any ideas about this . |
| 25 | These points will , I hope , give you some guidelines to judging the temperament of a strange horse , whether you are looking for a suitable horse to buy , or deciding which way to handle a particular animal . |
| 26 | She only give her two bits of toast . |
| 27 | In the former areas the chief executive is sustained in his perennial struggle for mastery with congress by his claim to represent the nation as a whole and by the provisions of the Constitution that designate him as Commander in Chief and give him special responsibilities in international relations . |
| 28 | " Give him three ounces of this immediately in a pint of water , then follow it with one and a half ounces night and morning and let us know if he is n't a lot better in two days . " |
| 29 | Give 'em three months on a load of good grub and you wo n't know 'em . ’ |
| 30 | Give it six months at least . |