Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or rather they 've given our county councillors a bloody nose by throwing them out , and the councillors are taking it out on us . |
| 2 | Or maybe he 'd given the McHoans some bits and pieces of furniture . |
| 3 | Sometimes she claimed that the wine her friend had brought was ‘ sweeter than any you have given me ’ . |
| 4 | In a wide ranging and at times overtly anti-communist speech , described by the Guardian of March 30 as " more measured and specific than any he has given for a long time " , Yeltsin pilloried central government policy , labelling perestroika the " last phase of the stagnation period " . |
| 5 | unless it 's the but er if you 've forgot it back good reason for handing it over so yeah I mean I , I think that well I 've given you the , the , the strength if you like we can see it , perhaps a little bit more open questioning would n't go amiss would it ? |
| 6 | They may go on appearing for twenty-four hours until eventually he has given birth to a thousand or more babies . |
| 7 | Nicholson could not now appear in the film because he was too old for the original role which had been designated for him , and anyway he wanted to give it his fullest attention as director . |
| 8 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 9 | He is also a noted expert on financial matters , and tonight he has given the House a clear explanation of complex proposals . |
| 10 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 11 | And once she 'd given herself to him , she 'd stay with him , one way or another . |
| 12 | We ask them to read the policy , we explain bits in the booklet , we ask them to telephone us if there 's anything they 're not happy with or they 're unsure about and we will clarify that , and also we do give them fourteen days in which to cancel , so if if once they 've actually got the policy , if they 're not happy with it , or they 're not happy with the answers that we give , then they 're more than happy we 're more than happy to refund . |
| 13 | And now I 've given way to my emotions when I swore to my father I never would . |
| 14 | ‘ And now I 've given my message , ’ said Joe , standing up and picking up his hat . |
| 15 | ‘ And now you have given his thoughts a different direction anyway , so that solves everything . ’ |
| 16 | Up until now we have given the impression that note-taking is a fairly passive activity , albeit one that can be creative . |
| 17 | Now , I 'm no ‘ Greenie ’ but Recycling is something I feel quite strongly about , and here I hope to give some pros and cons about Recycling , and also give some information about the actual processes . |
| 18 | She was obviously growing so attacked to her little girl and then she had to give her away . ’ |
| 19 | She 'll give a pound coin to one of the tinkers ’ children when there 're dozens of them running round , and she 'll let them see she 's got lots more pound coins , and then she has to give them all one or they 'll bang her on the head and take them . ’ |
| 20 | Bob wanted chicken tikka massala and then he said give me the list and wrote down on it two chicken tikka massalas so I look on that and I ca n't see anything two chicken kormas , one and two chicken tikka massalas . |
| 21 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 22 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 23 | Most of them think it 's as easy as that and then I have to give them the ‘ hard facts ’ about cost and time . |
| 24 | Just let's get settled in and then I promise to give you a chance . |
| 25 | And indeed we did give them an an undertaking er that that would be done . |
| 26 | I 'm not going to let her beat me and yet I want to give something really splendid . |
| 27 | Nor had she ever seen such a dress on anyone over the age of thirty , but seeing it , she had to admit that it did not even look bizarre : it was a pale purple smock , waistless and bustless , with long , much-buttoned sleeves , and yet it managed to give only the faintest , most delicate air of Bohemia . |
| 28 | She resisted this for several months , not wishing to loosen her control of urban policy , but eventually she capitulated giving the responsibility to Mr Kenneth Clarke , Minister for Trade and Industry . |
| 29 | It was n't many months ago that she had been offended by his exploring fingers , but tonight she had given her breast to his hand as if to a baby . |
| 30 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |