Example sentences of "they give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They give me a reindeer hood that they assure me will be warmer than my silk and fleece and wool . |
| 2 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 3 | I always write my friends ' books into my Harrods list , even if they give me a copy , and then I keep it out quite a time so that other people ca n't have it . |
| 4 | ‘ Every time they give me a date , I get ready to go in , but then they call to say there is no room , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ Now it 's great to be going back there in a successful side — I only hope they give me a good reception . ’ |
| 6 | Anyway , they give me a good talkin' to an' one o' the coppers kept givin' me an old-fashioned look . |
| 7 | They give me a pain . |
| 8 | and sometimes if some of folks are round they give me a lift down you know ? |
| 9 | ‘ They give me a headache , ’ I said . |
| 10 | Well they give me a tenner for hoovering it out . |
| 11 | Oh everything , they give me a stack of batteries , they told me to change the batteries after every three tapes |
| 12 | in fact , one time when they was out they give me a number , I go , and I got ! |
| 13 | That might be my luck this year that 'll be the bloody year they give me a query . |
| 14 | Mm , mm , I do n't know , I think one of me tablets , me , for me heart , they give me a different tablet like , it was a same like Heinz Beans or Cross and Blackwell Beans |
| 15 | well I do n't know how they work it , but I should n't get a bad one , it should be okay , I mean my dad 's gon na give me money anyway , so , I mean if I , London City so Phil was saying one of the best in the country he says that , so hopefully if they , they give me an offer , the others should as well |
| 16 | and er I went there and they give me an estimate and erm when it went in the contacts she does was er no , it 's it 's more than we thought because the chassis 's twisted or |
| 17 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 18 | Christian pilgrims always made sure to take a sample home with them , and then ‘ when anyone falls sick of a quartan or tertian ague or some such fever , they give him a little of this earth to drink . |
| 19 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 20 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 21 | Every so often , he goes to a local hospital where they give him an injection of something , which cheers him up noticeably . |
| 22 | they 're insisting on kids , they 're they give them a problem which is a typical level four or five or six or whatever , and because they get that one problem right they say that that kid is a level six |
| 23 | And they give them a gill of whisky that was supposed to be for their lunch you see . |
| 24 | It was widespread among craft unions like the wool combers who were said to have become " one society throughout the kingdom … if any of their club is out of work they give them a ticket and money to seek for work at the next town where a box club is " . |
| 25 | No plenty of bloody but no or see he forgot to go up and help was busy on Boxing Day they wo n't pay , they give them a free ticket to get in . |
| 26 | They give them a some of the information . |
| 27 | And what they do , is they give them a couple of choices of bo , you know , hip joints to go for and the guy decides , the surgeon decides , does his job and then the kit goes back to the manufacturer again and then when the , another hospital orders it they make up a , another kit . |
| 28 | Nursing staff on some of those areas that we would pick out — those would be the intensive care units , the children 's units , the delivery suites and special care baby units — the nursing staff actually have control of permits which they can issue to relatives who are going to be here for a great length of time , and if they so feel that these relatives should n't be charged , they give them a permit and they park in a staff area at no charge whatsoever . |
| 29 | They take five million pounds out of the scheme as a refund they give themselves a five year contribution holiday and not one penny of that improvement goes to the members . |
| 30 | And his collaborator Donovan Wylie 's superb photographs do n't merely illustrate or complement his text ; they give it a further dynamic depth and dimension . |