give somebody a line

I looked up at the sober face looking down at me, silently giving E for effort to the line he'd decided on.

"I have to give credit to the offensive line," Tomlinson said.

And this is, after all, an industry that gave birth to the line "there's no people like show people."

As more space is given to the line for food than seating, the crush can be severe at lunch.

The name was given to the line in March 2008 by a vote of the corridor's stakeholders.

Now and again he gave a tug to the line.

Feeling very old, we gave special emphasis to the line "and we all lose our charms in the end."

Such savings gave a big boost to the bottom line - as did the layoffs of more than 13,000 employees.

As proposed, the upper level was given to the line.

Priority was subsequently given, however, to the line via Leipzig.