Example sentences of "[indef pn] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , could someone give me one good reason why I should bow to a woman who , not long ago , was a junior publishing executive with a past spent as a member of a racy set of upper-class party-lovers ? |
| 2 | Can someone give me a list of these nicknames so I can know who is being discussed . |
| 3 | And did someone give you a sandwich and you and you put it back ! |
| 4 | First of all , someone give me a name for the girl . |
| 5 | Someone give me strength , I pray . |
| 6 | ‘ Someone give me an arrow . ’ |
| 7 | Oh someone give me some money come and give me some money . |
| 8 | Simone rushed back into the house , dumping the bags on the kitchen table , calling out for someone to give her a hand . |
| 9 | I want to cry , I want to comfort her , give her something , I want someone to give me something , comfort me . |
| 10 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He just wants someone to give his two spoilt brats a holiday . |
| 12 | By the time Kathleen had sorted the patient out and found someone to give his wife a cup of tea and explain what was happening , Jack was back in Theatre , clad from head to toe in green theatre pyjamas , with a J-cloth hat and a mask . |
| 13 | This should be enough to convince someone to give you a chance . |
| 14 | You want someone to give you some lino |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , this is the real world , ’ I said out loud — too loud actually ; someone gave me a funny look . |
| 16 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 17 | I felt ill and someone gave me some DFs and I felt better . |
| 18 | Someone gave me a pass . |
| 19 | This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine . |
| 20 | ‘ Someone gave me one at the First Aid Post . |
| 21 | I howled like a dog , struggling against my captors , until someone gave me a crack across the head and I slipped into unconsciousness . |
| 22 | Someone gave me a microwave oven this morning for nothing . |
| 23 | Well someone gave me a lovely address in erm mm |
| 24 | Apart from given you a B yeah on why it 's just hanging in , must try a lot lot harder , gives me a B and then erm someone gave me a C someone gave me a C and said oh yeah gave me a C yeah |
| 25 | Apart from given you a B yeah on why it 's just hanging in , must try a lot lot harder , gives me a B and then erm someone gave me a C someone gave me a C and said oh yeah gave me a C yeah |
| 26 | No , I did n't , I got the bus part way , 'cos someone gave me some money for the bus . |
| 27 | There are lots of ways to walk to Fort William if that 's what you fancy , except now one of them is littered with lots of wooden posts with painted thistles , and hundreds of people trudging about who never thought of walking to Fort William until someone gave them the West Highland Way guide book for their Christmas . |
| 28 | Correction , someone gave them an early Christmas present . |
| 29 | Most people are accustomed to follow linguistic rules more or less slavishly , but in this case they would be glad to change if only someone gave them a new set of clear rules to follow ( an earlier work by Miller and Swift was subtitled ‘ New Language in New Times ’ : it seems they take the optimistic view that we are living in a postfeminist world ) . |
| 30 | Before he finished writing the book , someone gave him an answer to the question . |