Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] to give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 2 | So erm anyway goes in , I said to him other day , I asked him other week , he says our turn to give me a ring |
| 3 | Alyssia opened her mouth to give him a piece of her mind at this further show of arrogance — in fact , to give him the sack , because his mere presence here implied that he was working for her father , and so , in an indirect manner , for herself — but he did n't allow her the chance . |
| 4 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 5 | She opened her mouth to give him a blistering answer , then closed it abruptly . |
| 6 | Riled by the peremptory note of command in his voice , Rory opened her mouth to give him a scathing reply , but just in time caught the sideways glance slid her way by Candy and bit her tongue . |
| 7 | You might be able , for example , to persuade your employer to give you constructive help by engaging an out-placement counsellor to assist you in finding a new job . |
| 8 | Yeah , tell your Mum to give me the twelve pence , er , er the two P cos erm it was n't , it was n't worth last night . |
| 9 | ‘ And for some reason you doubt my ability to give it ? ’ |
| 10 | Some months earlier , in the autumn of 1182 , young Henry had once again asked his father to give him a principality , Normandy , so that he could make proper provision for his own knights . |
| 11 | Ask your subconscious to give you an image which reveals something about your view of the world . |
| 12 | So I 'll tell me mum to give you . |
| 13 | If you have not trained your lecturer to give you the information to which you are entitled — that he is to deal with such and such a topic on specific days — then get started with a process of attrition , backed by your friends , until he does produce a programme for the term . |
| 14 | They set about reinforcing and extending their property to give it much the appearance it has today , apart from some modern restoration . |
| 15 | I ‘ e been trying to get your brother to give me lessons . ’ |
| 16 | To straddle the hurdle between its Unix commitments , where it derives its revenues , and NT , Sequent last week reorganised its management to give it more strategic depth . |
| 17 | To straddle the hurdle between its Unix commitments , where its revenues come from , and NT , Sequent last week reorganised its management to give it more strategic depth . |
| 18 | That is why — ’ raising her head to give him a grateful look ‘ — I had none to spare for a meal at this place . ’ |
| 19 | Steeling herself , she tilted her chin to give him an aloof , autocratic stare . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's very generous of you , ’ he told her , raising his head to give her another slow kiss . |