Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] give [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children . |
| 2 | I do n't think you 're a very good detective , I 've given you loads of clues . |
| 3 | " I wish to give her instructions for tomorrow 's meals . |
| 4 | Why , in the past week alone I have given my views on nuclear disarmament , the Middle East , world hunger , racism in the dairy industry , the proper depth to set okra seedlings and the supremacy of angst in the first two volumes of Winnie the Pooh . |
| 5 | Then there 's Bernard , who does n't know how well he 's supposed to be doing because you failed to give him standards of performance that he could measure his efforts by . |
| 6 | Waitress : ‘ He said if you start giving them apples without custard , where will it ever end ? ’ |
| 7 | She had given her kisses to a clown , he wrote , and was much gratified when MacBride turned out to be a drunken bully . |
| 8 | Watching Ryan 's face , she had to give him points for courage . |
| 9 | She praised the gallantry , determination and sense of duty of the servicemen and women who had given their lives for their country . |
| 10 | The people who suffer if they are broken are not the owners , the shareholders or the board of directors , but those who work in the industry — people who have given their lives to that industry , built up the companies ' assets and made them into going concerns attractive for privatisation . |
| 11 | Does he agree that that is a pretty poor way in which to treat people who have given their lives to the service of their country ? |
| 12 | We 'd given our lives for their advancement . |
| 13 | But despite the laugh it has given us girlies at the expense of the hairy brigade , the material has its disadvantages . |
| 14 | For he had given her gifts beyond dreaming . |
| 15 | It 's given me loads of ideas , Luke — especially that ‘ office plant-care ’ thing that we came up with . |