Example sentences of "[conj] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hardy Amies and other designers lend or give me evening wear . |
| 32 | Write to me at the address just inside the back cover or give me a bell on . |
| 33 | If you can let me know who you want me to write to or give me a source book to start |
| 34 | Contrast of ideas vividly expressed : Give me liberty or give me death ! |
| 35 | Basically to say , er , look after me , or give me what I want , or er , do what I want you to do , or whatever it may be . |
| 36 | Sometimes , a mild painkiller is enough to ease the pain but , if it 's more of a problem , your doctor will be able to prescribe medicines or give you other advice . |
| 37 | Again , like teachers , there are one or two honest coppers , but in general they nick you for things you have not done or give you a sound slapping to make you remember them . |
| 38 | Sometimes , a mild painkiller is enough to ease the pain but , if it 's more of a problem , your doctor will be able to prescribe medicines or give you other advice . |
| 39 | You may find that after an initial burst of enthusiasm , your employers run out of steam and seem reluctant to fund you on courses or give you conference or study leave . |
| 40 | I think they either wanted to question you or give you a warning . |
| 41 | You had to satisfy the Traffic Commissioners , that what you are proposing would , would answer the cause , would n't give rise to erm great hardships to the travelling public and erm oh you 're preparing a fare increase about a year before it actually came up to , in front of the Commissioners and then he would erm , perhaps make some alterations or give you a date when you could apply . |
| 42 | If you lost a leg they 'd stick a false one on you or give you a set of wheels . |
| 43 | His hands sometimes stopped shaking long enough for him to light a fag or give his teeth the once-over with Pepsodent , but that was every other Scumday in a month with a zed in it . |
| 44 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 45 | You could hardly expect him to be ready to defend it , or give his life for it . |
| 46 | Sure , we 've got plenty on them , but as yet no conclusive proof and the three A's — Andropulos , Aristotle and Alexander — are a close-mouthed and secretive lot and we can be certain they wo n't talk to us or give anything away . |
| 47 | Or give anything away . |
| 48 | ‘ Do you eat the food I bring you , or give it to Rosa 's kids ? ’ |
| 49 | You can keep it at home with other important papers , or give it to your executor , your professional adviser , or your bank to look after . |
| 50 | Anselm acquiesced in this explanation and waited for peace , but then , long after it had been apparent to others , it dawned on him that he must either do the job or give it up — preferably , so far as he was concerned , the latter . |
| 51 | ‘ Or give it away . ’ |
| 52 | I mean the big fellows here they 've got to try and run it off or give it a tug and come off come off and get the er the sub on . |
| 53 | Er the idea was we 'd be able to sell it to people or give it to people depending on whether they had any money or not I suppose by the Green Party . |
| 54 | She had exactly six hours till midnight , six hours to make up her mind whether to go down to the beach bar , or give it a miss for the very first time . |
| 55 | post it or give it her . |
| 56 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 57 | Sometimes our neighbours want the things we have , or have the things we want , so we both fight until they take ours or give us theirs . |
| 58 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 59 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 60 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |