Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] give " in BNC.

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1 One day Hugh came into the bathroom while Myra was washing and offered to give her a present if she would give him a hug and a kiss .
2 What I , what I 'd like to do is , we can say that we 're we can make er a profit or a loss and we can give the figure , so this might have come out at seven thousand two hundred whatever .
3 You can give 'em three thousand a year to er in total to anybody you 've got all the exemptions like two hundred and fifty pound in any one gift erm and you 've got things like five thousand pounds on marriage of a child that you can give , and all these add up little cumulative bits here there and everywhere which helps you to dispose of an estate .
4 ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY .
5 He said I ca n't I 'm here on my own , he said get a cab and I 'll give you the money back , so anyway I rung Pauline 's husband up Steve and he said I 'll take you , I said to Steve I 've got ta get there for one o'clock cos I said I really do feel that if I do n't see him before he goes I ai n't gon na bloody see him , he was ever so good , he were here at twenty to one , got straight in the car put his foot down , went to the General and just as I got in the door Steve do n't worry about me parking , go , I 'll find you , just get in there , I ran through the bloody doors , ran up the stairs cos I knew
6 I actually try and educate the public , I do school talks , I will go outside a circus and I will give out leaflets .
7 They undertake a booking of a minimum of fifty seats once a week if we will give a special price .
8 Oh as I sa the part-time job we used to get , two shillings a week and he used to give us tuppence for ourselves the two shillings was for our parents , and the tuppence was supposed to be our pocket money , but er when we 'd finished on a Saturday night if , if there were any stale cakes we 'd all get a bag of stale cakes each you used to make a terrific fuss of those on a Sunday .
9 Rent both together for Only £19.99 a month and we 'll give you a FREE Stacking Kit to help you make the most of your floor space .
10 His wife answered and told me that he was out on a call but she 'd give him my message .
11 Do me a favour and I 'll give you three francs instead of your fifty centimes [ which she gave him daily ] . ’
12 ‘ I tried to go over the fiction I 'd done , pull out the subtext and put it in a form that you could give to an audience at a world 's fair at the end of the century .
13 It was claimed by the witnesses in their evidence that Hegan was the poor relation , he claims he was offered £1,000 , and swore he heard Bremner say ‘ Give us a penalty and I 'll give you a grand . ’
14 I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government .
15 If he is writing down his ideas and expressing his experiences this is a lot and we must give him his due and his head .
16 ‘ I am sure putting up lights would not cost a lot and it would give us peace of mind . ’
17 Er I 'm gon na talk about a couple because it 'll give you a bit of a flavour on perhaps some of the more popular works that you 'll find in some of the text books .
18 Er I can put it in , in a bottle or I can give you tablets .
19 If you come up with that sort of material , then the American and English newspapers will publish an interview that I 'll give them ’ .
20 They made an agreement that she would give them her left-over flowers for their shops .
21 Spell correctly any names or titles used in an advertisement or you will give the impression that you are careless and slipshod ( if you are a weak speller get someone to check the letter over for you ) .
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