Example sentences of "[conj] give [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or give them to a nearby playgroup or primary school , which will welcome any old cards that the children can cut up for collages . |
| 2 | erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend |
| 3 | The problem with approaching children 's reading from a ‘ classics ’ approach — identify the best , the books ‘ of transparently permanent greatness ’ ( Rosenheim , 1980 , p.5 1 ) and give them to the children — is that it places emphasis on the book , on the literary work , and not on the needs and tastes of the individual reader . |
| 4 | TAKE THE TABLETS OF STONE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND GIVE THEM TO THE PEOPLE . ’ |
| 5 | I said well what the hell 's she doing Arthur , if she do n't want them tell her to come , send them in here I said and give them to the kids . |
| 6 | As a child the continuous moves had taught Eva to leave behind the place they had been and give herself to the new . |
| 7 | In this case police officers saw the defendant take a flick knife from his pocket and give it to a friend to inspect before returning it to his pocket . |
| 8 | They assumed that wealth was automatically there , and that the task of politics was simply to take from the wrong people and give it to the right ones . |
| 9 | In these cases , either assist the foal to get to its feet or if necessary , milk the colostrum from the mare and give it to the foal using a rubber teat and a bottle . |
| 10 | We 're going to take everything you own , suckers , and give it to the black communists in Zimbabwe ! ’ |
| 11 | At the age of 18 , Antony heard the passage of scripture that was to change his life : " If thou wilt be perfect , go and sell that thou hast , and give it to the poor " ( Matt. 19 : 21 ) . |
| 12 | " Could you put the list in an envelope , address it to Mr. Peter Mottram , c/o The Manager , and give it to the manager ? |
| 13 | Oh put it down here I 'll cut it up and give it to the birds . |
| 14 | The Iraqis ' suspicions of his links with Iran , Israel and America ( he was on the CIA 's payroll ) were reinforced when , that year , he said : ‘ If support were strong enough we could control the Kirkuk oilfield and give it to an American company to operate ’ . |
| 15 | It was quite simply we we were taking the business away from the high street erm glossy type travel agents and giving it to the back street travel agents . |
| 16 | He cast around for somewhere to put them , and at once Mei Ling took them and gave them to a waiting servant . |
| 17 | He also purchased seven drawings attributed to Michelangelo from the Woodburn sale at Christie 's in 1887 and gave them to the British Museum ( five are still accepted as autograph ) . |
| 18 | They took these from Father Christmas and gave them to the nurses , who gave them to the hospital children . |
| 19 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |
| 20 | I peeled off five hundreds and gave them to the officer . |
| 21 | And , on the other side , one outcome of the Truce of Orléans was that Charles took the abbacy of Ferrières away from Odo and gave it to a member of the community whose chief recommendation ( with still more pull than his fine scholarship ) was a readiness to commit himself to Charles . |
| 22 | I wrote it all down and gave it to a solicitor . |
| 23 | He took off his glove , signed it and gave it to the boy . |
| 24 | But when Lucius Titius survived his will he sold his office , exacted a price , and gave it to the person to whom in his will he wished the office or its price to be given . |
| 25 | Mr. Occhi got into the taxi , took £1 out of his wallet and gave it to the appellant who then , the wallet being still open , took a further £6 out of it . |
| 26 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 27 | He took some money from his pocket and gave it to the taxi driver . |
| 28 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 29 | Of his death , the only reference found is the entry in Maskelyne 's account book for 13 March 1784 : ‘ Recd of Mrs Grace Sisson , thro ’ the hands of Mr Henry Robin Auctioneer my dividend for £88.14.11 due to me from the Estate of the late Jerh Sisson — £15.0.0 — and gave it to the Widow . ’ |
| 30 | He plucked an apple from his pocket , God knows where he got it from , and gave it to the horse who munched it greedily . |