Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] give [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shut up , Diana , or I 'll give you a backhander . ’ |
| 2 | Phil — ‘ Watch it , son , or I 'll give you a snog ! ’ |
| 3 | Stop sniggering , Reg , or I 'll give you a smack in the mouth . ’ |
| 4 | Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . |
| 5 | Shabby streets scattered with litter , full of houses where they 'd give you a bed and a bowl of cereal for a fiver , no questions asked . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes and loud and clear on the Saint or they 'll give you a ticket for Cincinnati and it would be months before your next of kin were informed . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 8 | ‘ I 've to go to the bank , ’ he heard Mister Tom say , ‘ so I 'll give you a deposit , like . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I can see you 're having trouble talking at present , so I 'll give you a lead . |
| 10 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 11 | I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified . |
| 12 | Do I know that she will give me a lift ? |
| 13 | ‘ Does that mean that you will give me a game ? ’ |
| 14 | He will be anxious to retain your custom so you might give him a try first . |
| 15 | The old woman turned back to her daughter , remarking belligerently , ‘ Kept her talking downstairs so you might give her a mean account of me , eh ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , so you would give me a different opinion at Walworth ? ’ |
| 17 | He 'll be in the office this week , so you should give him a call . |
| 18 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 19 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 20 | And we must remember our interest in Livesey is only that he might give us a lead to the young girl 's killer . ’ |
| 21 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 22 | But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent . |
| 23 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 24 | I listened carefully to my right hon. Friend the Minister , hoping that he would give me a chance . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh ? ’ she questioned carefully , while her brain was rattling off the clamouring question — was he saying that he would give her a lift ? |
| 26 | ‘ He also said he was going to try and get a bicycle , and that he would give us a ride on the handlebars . ’ |
| 27 | His kisses and cuddles soothed me , and I stopped crying when he said : ‘ He 's a bad dog , and I 'll give him a good hiding for that . ’ |
| 28 | Tell Laura , and I 'll give her a call myself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Get good marks and I 'll give you a terrific record . |
| 30 | ‘ You come with me , ’ she says , ‘ and I 'll give you a night you 'll never forget . ’ |