Example sentences of "and he [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | When he opened it moths flew out and he had to give it a good clean to get rid of the cobwebs and years of dust that had settled inside . |
2 | So he could n't keep it going any longer and he had to give it up , so he 's on the dole again . |
3 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
4 | And he does give it to charity . |
5 | And he use to give us a couple of quid each . |
6 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
7 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
8 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
9 | Just been to a friend 's house and he 's given me a nice cup of tea and a little drop of brandy and that I did enjoy it |
10 | And he 's given us certain gifts to enable us for this to happen in our lives . |
11 | They says , right , he says , I 've got a I 've got a problem with alcohol and he 's given us the valium to get us off the alcohol . |
12 | After every fight , he says , he thinks about retirement and he intends to give it more consideration that usual in the New Year , vowing that when he quits he 'll do so as world champion . |
13 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
14 | And and he happened to give me . |
15 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
16 | I am the Kha-Khan 's trusted servant , and he has given me everything I ever asked of him : this land in perpetuity , peace and security for our clan forever . ’ |
17 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
18 | And he has given us this command : Whoever loves God must also love his brother ( 1 John 4:18–21 ) . |