Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | right , and I look over to Roger and Roger 's flicking through his notes like this and as you , you were peeping through and he 's trying to find out what , what he 's talking about , they 're not looking at each other and anyway at the end of it , er we went through it and at the end of it he turned round and went how was it , what were you playing at , what was that spiel that you gave it 's in my brief , that 's one of my objections |
| 2 | This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up . |
| 3 | Yeah , but he did n't need the modulator so he gave it to because he 's got a monitor , right ? |
| 4 | And he pulls out another container of peace and he gives it to somebody else , that is n't how it happens . |
| 5 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 6 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 7 | It 's only when I 'm writing an article that I give it its proper name ! |
| 8 | The meaning that they gave it should send cold shivers down the spine of any parent : fully a half thought that it was an instruction to cross the road , and half of these thought that it was showing you how to do it — by running ! |
| 9 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 10 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 11 | No , that is from the computer but he gave it to me because he uses the monitor . |
| 12 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 13 | ‘ I took a bowl of water and I gave it hirin , as if it was my father , or my brother , ’ said Kalchu . |
| 14 | He claimed the housing market was showing signs of revival but he gave it a prod anyway by raising the threshold on stamp duty from £30,000 to £60,000 , move that will help mainly first-time buyers . |
| 15 | On paper on form hereford had no chance but they gave it everything and took an early lead with a try from Ivan Powell … |
| 16 | No Alma 's been erm keeping some money for me and I , she , I give her so much a week and she give it all today . |
| 17 | For instance , I recall one evening he came to me and took out a matchbox and he gave it a couple of shakes ; I thought there were matches inside , hut he opened the box and inside were some very evil-looking pills , about the size of , or a little larger , than a Beecham 's pill . |
| 18 | He 'll eat shit on bloody shovel if you give it him ! |
| 19 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 20 | Frankenstein created a man but he was so disgusted by its sight that he gave it no name . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Bartlemas , ‘ we witnessed the will and he gave it to us to look after it … ’ |
| 22 | They are intended for those who like to probe into the whys and wherefores of things or who like to assess fully the credentials of a subject before they give it serious consideration . |
| 23 | Evette , she brought er a green thing A round thing and she gave it to one of the ladies , I can not remember which one . |
| 24 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 25 | I wondered if he would let me turn the handle if I gave it to him . |
| 26 | ‘ It was only a postcard photo and I gave it spirituality , animation and took it to another vocabulary ’ . |
| 27 | A sense of smell is the first and primary thing for the animal because it gives it its sense of direction and it 's very important and it goes gently cold , delicately as the dark snow . |
| 28 | A surgeon , Helen Martini was specialising in paediatric surgery when she gave it all up to move with her husband to Orkney . |
| 29 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 30 | I hold out my hand for the hat and he gives it to me . |