Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb base] give [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 2 | Erm , I note that for ninety-five , ninety-six , that they intend to give us two per cent rise . |
| 3 | You should make sure you know where the parents can be contacted , and that they have given you all the information you are likely to need about the child . |
| 4 | And they 've given me that . |
| 5 | And they 've given her half of it are n't they ? |
| 6 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |