Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Patrick reiterated his call for everyone to give the RUC their full co-operation and for anyone with details of the latest murder to come forward . |
| 2 | Ask the advice of the Occupational Therapist ; Social Services will also arrange for someone to give further advice . |
| 3 | Simone rushed back into the house , dumping the bags on the kitchen table , calling out for someone to give her a hand . |
| 4 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 5 | Police estimate that a large proportion of these crimes are a direct result of someone giving the criminal an open invitation — leaving a door unlocked or a window open . |
| 6 | Though the lack of one gave her little comfort as she glanced at her arms and noticed the fresh red flea-bites of the night . |
| 7 | This whole idea of a subsistence economy is something I 'm not really , I 'm not really sure about it because erm what , what would exactly , you 're saying that if everybody was the same then erm then you 're somehow necessarily going to be producing at a subsistence level so erm so er and so it 's , so if you can only extract surplus by effectively taking it off something given to others . |
| 8 | She was crying and meaning in the wind , sir , up there on her owny-oh with nobody giving a blue damn about her . |
| 9 | Each entry should include ten news stories or features , three of which should be 350 words or more with one giving a pupils ' view of what the next government 's policies should be . |
| 10 | It was the first place he had come to in his own right , with something to give . |
| 11 | These charities were originally administered by the Church or trustees appointed by the old vestry meetings , but with the Local Government Act of 1894 , they passed into the hands of the new parish councils , or such as still existed , for in 1893 , we find the local vicar complaining that most of the charities were dead and buried , and that Thomas Towers promised to give twenty shillings each Christmas Day , very kind of him no doubt , but unfortunately he left no provision for anybody to give it after he was dead , so that in his case he and benefaction are both dead and buried . |
| 12 | Goma did not show the gratitude towards the Comrade expected from someone given the privilege of leaving Romania and he continued to agitate against the regime from Paris . |
| 13 | Jack and Jill did not tumble down the hill without somebody giving a push . ’ |
| 14 | She thought she would never care enough about anyone to give birth to them or to kill them . |
| 15 | Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’ |
| 16 | To know that she was needed by someone gave her a heady sense of power . |
| 17 | Why was Roger Seelig told by someone giving medical advice several months after his trial began that he was on the verge of a mental breakdown , yet last week he was roaring up the M4 in his Porsche to look after his two properties ? |
| 18 | On this view , criminals are still ‘ differentiated ’ — but only in terms of values , motives and skills favourable to the commission of crime , and these could be acquired by anyone given the right circumstances . |