Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 2 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 4 | Right , you 'd better give them a shout , there are n't that many actually |
| 5 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
| 6 | when he gets , when daddy comes home you 'd better give him a big cuddle and ask him |
| 7 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 8 | She 'd even given her a bed in her own place , brought her in like a waif from the streets in a gesture of stern and unsentimental charity . |
| 9 | " I came here to give her a present . |
| 10 | Anne raised her hands in a placatory gesture and came across to give her a comforting hug . |
| 11 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 12 | She turned slowly to give him a long , searching look and decided he must have become expert at keeping his emotions on a tight rein . |
| 13 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 14 | Mother did once give me a tin of toffees , all wrapped in gold paper , which was a special treat — I still have the pretty tin , all pink , red and gold . |
| 15 | Her father then leaned forward to give her a little shake . |
| 16 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 17 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 18 | You had better give me a few days . |
| 19 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
| 20 | Her step-father had already given her a ten-shilling note and told her to keep her mouth shut about it , mind . |
| 21 | He looked up now as she entered — Freddie had already given her a spare key — and said , pleasantly enough , ‘ Hello , Liza . |
| 22 | The bruiser had just given her a growling look . |
| 23 | He had just given her a triumph and had got no more reaction than if he had held a door open for her . |
| 24 | Each of us carries an unreliable ankle for instance , and Tony had just given his a jolt . |
| 25 | He looked drawn now , Ruth thought , and wondered if he had ever given her a thought since Seville . |
| 26 | He cut in on a man who was starting to chat her up — someone who had once given him a bad review . |
| 27 | He examined himself from head to foot , assessing without vanity the beauty that had once given him an honest pleasure , and he marked without fear the changes that moved in upon him now daily . |
| 28 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 29 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 30 | And of course that was why Hardy had taken against him , why he had left him on the sidelines any time he picked a team for some action , why he had now given him a job that he knew anyone else in the unit would have balked at . |