Example sentences of "and they give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er I went there and they give me an estimate and erm when it went in the contacts she does was er no , it 's it 's more than we thought because the chassis 's twisted or |
| 2 | And they give them a gill of whisky that was supposed to be for their lunch you see . |
| 3 | The majority of the people in this town is lovely people , the council and the police are first class and they give us a fair crack of the whip all the way . |
| 4 | The majority of the people in this town is lovely people , the council and the police are first class and they give us a fair crack of the whip all the way . |
| 5 | And they give us a , like a cheque type thing what you 've got to fill your name and address in back |
| 6 | Then you have a bath and they give you a towel and soap . |
| 7 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 8 | In the sense that you 've got no control over your portfolio at all , and it 's just invested and they give you a statement . |
| 9 | You ask how they know and they give you a vague description about the pelvis , etc. etc. , and you go away not altogether satisfied with the explanations . |
| 10 | And erm at the end of the week she 'll come and pick it up , pick the tape up and they give you a voucher for twenty five pounds for Marks 's for doing it . |
| 11 | Because er while I 've had wedding cake from people and and they give you a little bit and I 've said to you have n't I , well I would n't have bothered giving anybody this . |
| 12 | They dressed and lit him against his character — softening where they ought to have emphasised the toughness — and they gave him a part with no verbal bite and no guts but even so it was not a bad first break for the boy from the snooker halls of Port Talbot . |
| 13 | ‘ Did she come through here ? ’ he demanded of the astonished-looking Chinese family at one of the restaurant 's six plain tables , and they gave him a look of complete incomprehension . |
| 14 | They could have told you what they meant by them and they gave them a currency in terms of their own conduct . |
| 15 | a sociality room whatever , whatever they call it and er , and they gave them a good do really |
| 16 | But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury . |
| 17 | So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause . |
| 18 | I complained to Northumbrian Water about this and they gave me a very dusty answer . |
| 19 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 20 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
| 21 | She said I ca n't promise you , so I thought well I 'm sat six months now , so I phoned this ship thing yesterday on the telly called Just Start , no Start Again whatever it 's called and they gave me , they phoned me yesterday and they gave me a number of Cine Hill , Northampton which is the job advisory centre , adults education and then they phoned me yesterday and they told me who to get in touch with so I 've got an appointment Thursday at erm Northampton with the Social Services Department and they apparently map out all the places where you could go , say , say for instance that St Crispin 's is the mental home I can go there and be with the patients and then I can go to the Marina 's and be taught how to lift and how to bed bath and how to manipulate |
| 22 | place on Sunday and they gave me a meal . |
| 23 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 24 | ‘ Finally , we went to the office and they gave us a cheque , which bounced . ’ |
| 25 | And they gave us a sheet . |