Example sentences of "[verb] and give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 2 | I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that . |
| 3 | Ma'am , sir I should say , erm Mr makes certain comments about there are doubts about whether this scheme will go forward , we have been in contact with Department of Transport , again to try and give you the correct factual position . |
| 4 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 5 | Baptiste , run and ask your mother to come and give me a hand , would you ? |
| 6 | " Perhaps you would be ready to come and give me a fitting on Friday afternoon ? " |
| 7 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
| 8 | And they used to come and give us the pattern , what the butler got to lay on the table ; the tea-service would be the same pattern as the tablecloth was . |
| 9 | If in pain control , you were in control of your own pain , you have less than if it were a set wait every four hours for us to come and give you a tablet . |
| 10 | The way to recovery lies in learning to place that blame where it belongs , to use the anger it arouses and to give yourself the praise you deserve just for surviving the abuse . |
| 11 | Before she could move back , he bent and gave her a light , lingering kiss on her mouth . |
| 12 | We feed you , keep you warm and give you a roof over your head . |
| 13 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 14 | ‘ Trust yourself ’ she says and gave me the best gift in the universe , one hour of total relaxation . ’ |
| 15 | Such information was not highly ‘ theoretical ’ but it helped build up an objective picture of the people who went to the theatres I studied and gave me a useful corrective to people who made sweeping generalizations such as ‘ the theatre is for everyone . ’ |
| 16 | The original wall survives at the base to a greater degree than we had realised and gives us a substantial footing . |
| 17 | If the lord abbot agrees , I hope you will stay and give us the benefit of your judgement . |
| 18 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 19 | Five minutes later , an Arab in a small blue van stopped and gave me a few kilos of tangerines . |
| 20 | And actually , one day , because she knew it was my favourite , she said that I could have permission to have it copied and gave me the name of the jeweller , which I thought was so sweet . |
| 21 | Wilson found it hard to believe Mr Landor had ever written poetry , that he had ever been judged a great poet , but Miss Blagden , who had moved into the Casa Guidi for the winter , swore that he had been much admired and gave her a whole list of his published works . |
| 22 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 23 | And I was walking away , and turned and gave him a great kick , you know , right in his balls , and I said , ‘ Come on then ’ , took a mad fit , you know , and I |
| 24 | Before disappearing through the brick arch she turned and gave him a final smile and a wave . |
| 25 | Julius turned and gave her a faint smile . |
| 26 | But , when he turned and gave her a warm , infectious grin , she found it difficult not to smile back at him . |
| 27 | The man turned and gave me a friendly nod , before taking up a small piece of wood with pencil markings on it . |
| 28 | In the doorway Battler turned and gave me a final beam for good measure , then they were gone . |
| 29 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 30 | The first jog round the block got his heart racing and gave him an appetite . |