Example sentences of "give [pron] [adv] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems . |
| 2 | But the battalion did n't give him that many evenings off during the week , and if she did n't see him when he was free it often turned out to be several days before they could spend another evening together . |
| 3 | And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’ |
| 4 | If in doubt , do n't buy and if you are suspicious ring the police and give them as many details as you can . |
| 5 | ‘ Give me back those glasses . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes , after I 'd given them back their money , the customer would open the palm of their hand and I would discover that one of the coins I had passed over had suddenly disappeared so I ended up having to give them even more bees and honey . |
| 7 | Er one case I know he , he 's so well known amongst the old lads er he used to give you so many sums to do each day and I think it was four or five long division . |
| 8 | And er the corporation used to give her so many tickets to last her the week . |
| 9 | ‘ We must be giving them quite some headaches in the Pentagon , ’ Hawkins said in some satisfaction . |
| 10 | There are two girl keepers who spend as much time as they can with him and are giving him so many titbits that he 's getting thoroughly spoiled . |
| 11 | The only difference was that they now spent some of their free time together , thus giving her even more opportunities to fall more and more deeply in love with him . |
| 12 | He had given her so many things , beautiful things , little surprising things when he came back from trips . |
| 13 | And that gave me how many flies were gon na be eaten . |
| 14 | The fact that I was not alive when the munich thing happened — and that it happened so long ago — gives me far less problems with it than say heysel songs , hillsboro songs , and even racist ( black ) songs . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I gave you back some tearducts when I inserted the new model . |
| 16 | Perhaps Lucas gave one too many hostages to fortune when he jocularly confessed in an interview , ‘ In economics , you can get a book out written in English like Harberler 's Prosperity and Depression without being able to read it . |
| 17 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 18 | By degrees she , Dinah , had become little more than his reader , except that he gave her too many babies , no doubt absent-mindedly . |
| 19 | Mary is holy because God gives her both these roles , enables her to hold them both in balance and empowers her desires and choices from this point of balance . |
| 20 | You have given yourself away many times . |