Example sentences of "[prep] give [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After giving you the brush-off , as you thought , and then bellowing and being so bloody judgemental at the time Simon crashed , I had n't come over as either sensitive or supportive . |
| 2 | Anyway , this somebody must of given her the idea , I think it was our local doctor oh you 'll be alright you know , you have to have to have them in forty eight hours you see so |
| 3 | and er obviously I want to sort of give you the best possible price |
| 4 | Oh yeah , what oh yes , oh without a doubt Joan , er you can do it , you could have the name and you could have who talked to them and , and then I can tell 'em that what , I 've done this you see and that 'd be the end of it it does suggest that you do n't tell them before you tell them after and then you sort of give them the opp the opportunity of me knocking , not recording it you see , wiping it off the tape , because it stunts the conversation . |
| 5 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 6 | At the same time , I have noticed that women academics can be ruthless bullies of girl students , with the possibly laudable motive of giving them the equivalent of a good shake . |
| 7 | Well you , you could do the sort of token gesture of giving them the land like they did in the past , at least that 's showing what some sort of communism |
| 8 | THE organiser of a big karate competition in Whitby says he has no intention of giving it the chop after casualties kept the town 's hospital at full stretch . |
| 9 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |
| 10 | And after a meeting of the club 's directors yesterday , Rovers vice-chairman Geoff Dunford revealed : ‘ We are very pleased with the job Malcolm is doing and we are considering giving him the job until the end of the season . ’ |
| 11 | By sliding the narrow strip through the slots , combinations such as Give me the English book may be formed . |
| 12 | She did n't feel like giving him the news . |
| 13 | It 's got instant character , whereas a new guitar has n't had the years of beating on it and fiddling with to give it the character . |
| 14 | He had tried to beat his son into giving him the respect he was unable to feel for himself . |
| 15 | I have another seven days before Jens 's cousin arrives from the States and finds his would-be protégé has been seduced into giving him the cold shoulder . ’ |
| 16 | Pickering had nurtured Davies since his days as a schoolboy triple jumper , and Davies has frequently credited Pickering with giving him the confidence to compete at top level . |
| 17 | The 26-year-old University of Natal graduate , credited his god with giving him the concentration he needed for his marathon . |
| 18 | We were brought back to reality by Marty , who stood dripping on the pier head in a bitter east wind shouting , " Come on , when you lot have finished , what about giving me the headrope ? " |
| 19 | So OK , without too much effort she had offended Ven Gajdusek , it seemed , but he most definitely had said he would think about giving her the interview ! |
| 20 | sends her sincere thanks to for giving them the opportunity to hold the ball . |
| 21 | The major reason given for giving them the boot was the requirement for a shit-hot pitch when the Euro championships come round in 96 . |
| 22 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 23 | Robyn shot back , furious with herself for giving him the opportunity to make her feel foolish and inferior all over again . |
| 24 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 25 | So I felt inexpressible gratitude to you for giving me the support and care of that relationship , however attenuated it appeared to me at times : |
| 26 | For giving me the courage to do what I did . " |
| 27 | I 've got I , I as I say , I feel very grateful to the society for giving me the chance . |
| 28 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 29 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity to reinforce the Government 's commitment to protect green belt districts . |
| 30 | ‘ Myself , I am thankful to finish second and thank Williams for giving me the car to do the job . ’ |