Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 2 | It 's good no I tell you why I thought they were crap cos you gave me an album and it had the had Dancing in the Moonlight and that was good but all the other songs on it were really shit . |
| 3 | Our lives become richer and more free as we give ourselves to God and to of hers . |
| 4 | Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted . |
| 5 | Now usually in the exams they work it so you ca n't do that cos they give you a graph already drawn and they 'll have sort of erm two squares is equal to one unit along the bottom but only one square equals one unit |
| 6 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright . |
| 8 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 9 | Erm simple as that if I give you a list of telephone numbers you 're not likely to remember them for long , you might be able |
| 10 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 11 | ‘ I always thought Rose was deeper than you gave her credit for , ’ she says . |
| 12 | Th what Labour would do would be ring fence the money , that 's what Labour would do and I 'll come on to that later if you give me a chance . |
| 13 | I think that 's fine if you give them your work number . |
| 14 | This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine . |
| 15 | THE more scientists write to The Times threatening to vote Labour unless we give them huge sums of money , the more many of us feel it is time to call a halt to science . |
| 16 | The Roman Emperors were much more slippery than anyone gives them credit for . |
| 17 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 18 | If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’ |
| 19 | " I think it would be better if you gave me your phone number . |
| 20 | I think it 's better if you give them fi They 'll buy more tickets if they 're getting |
| 21 | It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications |
| 22 | It does sound quite good if you give them , I suppose for math tuition probably sat twenty five to . |
| 23 | Kids may keep their books shipshape if you give them this pair of Noah 's Ark bookends . |
| 24 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 25 | it was ever so good because I gave him fi , the doctor said , you know I should give him you know , eat just before five o'clock and you go |
| 26 | We found the discussion very useful since it gave us a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses in the future household projections and where the points of political leverage may lie . |
| 27 | Whether they 're first or last in this race … or in future life … it does n't matter to Kriss , as long as they give it their very best . |
| 28 | I 'd play for them or write out any song they wanted to learn as long as they gave me ten or fifteen minutes worth of scales and exercises first . ’ |
| 29 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |
| 30 | A tan is healthy only as long as you give your skin adequate protection from damaging rays and in the mountains the sun can be particularly strong . |