Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] give [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But rather than see people going without , erm if I had access to good clothing , I did n't see why I should n't give it to them . |
| 2 | I 'll probably give them to my dad , as I do with most my clothes when I 've finished with them . |
| 3 | The next day she said , ‘ I could n't give one to daddy because there were n't enough . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 5 | and he says no I , I reckon I had a word with our Margaret she said no it do n't matter , but if that 's gon na be the case I 'd rather give it to him back , I mean I 've got it |
| 6 | And if I got summat Annie wanted — you know , like a little necklace or a whistle or summat , I 'd just give it to her , and Mum would say what a polite boy I was , and Dad would smile at me , and we 'd all be happy . |
| 7 | I would n't give them to a dog . |
| 8 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 9 | Yeah but she does it like she said though I mean if I was your mum , I said to her if I was , I would just give it to her . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't give it to you , ’ he drawled tightly . |
| 11 | I said , I ca n't give it to you today though |
| 12 | Yeah , but he 's not in today so I ca n't give it to him . |
| 13 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 14 | Er the Noble Baroness is is right erm we do notice that where a consultant is in charge the difference is very great indeed , I 'm afraid I do n't have the figure but I will certainly give it to her , er but also we know that where there are er hospital discharge managers where senior nurses are bed managers , the difference is really quite considerable er and that is what I was saying in terms of managing the process . |
| 15 | Well , so I wo n't , I wo n't give them to her . |
| 16 | What most people think is extraordinary is that after the government and Roosevelt came out with this thing , it would have been a perfectly human reaction of my father 's to say , well the hell with it , I wo n't give it to the nation if they 're going to accuse me of fraud . |
| 17 | ‘ I can not give it to you , ’ Marie said angrily . |
| 18 | They 're also on sale at the chemist 's with other formula milks , but you should not give them to your child without talking to your doctor or health visitor first to see if they 're suitable . |
| 19 | Well she 'll just give it to Ellie to give her . |
| 20 | She could n't give herself to Ahmed and could n't keep herself for me , you understand . ’ |
| 21 | It was n't worth more than thirty shillings , but Nurse Rose would n't know that and she decided she would definitely give it to Nurse Rose . |
| 22 | Kate was a woman in every sense of the word , and she was a woman who would not give herself to a man lightly . |
| 23 | Unkind critics of the Amstrad , er , Sinclair PC200 have suggested it would make the ideal present for someone with everything , as you would n't give it to someone who actually needed a PC . |
| 24 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 25 | Two separate people are essential for any exchange to take place : you can not give presents to yourself , just as you can not give yourself to yourself . |
| 26 | But I remember the Head of Network Production , Stuart Wyton , saying confidentially to me : " We ca n't give it to you , Bruce — you 're too identified with TWW . " |
| 27 | We can always give one to Guy ca n't we ? |
| 28 | For example sometimes they overestimate certain works of art and you wonder you know during the sale you see it 's estimated forty to fifty thousand so you think they 'll never give it to you for less . |
| 29 | Oh no , no , no , we couldn't. up in the crane , the dockers on the ground , they would n't give it to us , right we say we ai n't gon na take any more out , they , we got the shilling . |