Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.

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31 And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit
32 Chuck 's parents have some pride and care about the upbringing that they give their child(ren) showing that it is Bob 's character that it as fault and that his attitude can not be blamed on his economical situation .
33 I thank the Minister for delivering every one of the pledges that he gave us in Committee .
34 ‘ Well , if it 's sexual she has less discrimination than I gave her credit for . ’
35 So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully .
36 Out of the money that we gave them .
37 I am very grateful for the opportunity that you gave me to speak to the NFU Branch Committee on Thursday last .
38 This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up .
39 Yeah , but he did n't need the modulator so he gave it to because he 's got a monitor , right ?
40 It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings .
41 It was widely said that he had long resented the Shah 's great oil wealth and the independence that it gave him .
42 Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle .
43 On tonight 's match , Cooper said : ‘ There 's a lot at stake and it gives us the opportunity to put things right . ’
44 They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us !
45 Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life .
46 You give the assistant £10 and she gives you £1.30 change .
47 If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent .
48 That 's happened , I could n't get any one year I took the triplets to the erm Goose Hill coffee morning in the Town Hall and I gave them all money for the tombola and one of them won a Creme Egg
49 the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir
50 She went on a school trip to a museum and we gave her our little camera which I could never use .
51 And he pulls out another container of peace and he gives it to somebody else , that is n't how it happens .
52 At Christmas I give Otley my turkey and he gives me his Brussels sprouts .
53 Nicky loves it when Squeak cleans her , right , my rats and she gives it and Nicky 's getting all and there 's Squeak going
54 ‘ I said I would give him my pilot sunglasses if he gave me his weapon .
55 Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous
56 The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’
57 I phoned Alan and he gave me his love and support .
58 We were all looking for some direction in our lives and they gave us that direction .
59 But do n't call the law unless they give me the black spot , or if you see the seaman with one leg — he 's worse than any of them . ’
60 Gwynn Jones received many other honours but none gave him greater pleasure than the publication of a selection of his poems , Detholiad o Ganiadau , by the Gregynog Press in 1926 , and the de luxe edition , issued in 1932–7 by Hughes & Son , Wrexham , of six volumes of selected poems and essays .
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