Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Rolle is said to have fled to the nearby village of Pickering , where the squire John de Dalton was impressed by the strangely-clad hermit and agreed to support him and give him an anchorage to live in . |
2 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
3 | I think they , if they , I mean as long as they know we are going to tell them or give them something each month they ought , ought to begin to look out for it . |
4 | If you could see your way to writing the first chapters of an autobiography I would be honoured to read it and give you my thoughts on the subject . |
5 | I fancy some of the sailors , having relatives gardeners , seeing these plants so carefully boxed up , took them for rarities ; so were tempted to steal them and give them to their friends . ’ |
6 | I think they either wanted to question you or give you a warning . |