Example sentences of "[verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , from Highgate has said if the good lord wanted cats to fly he would 've given them wings , it 's cruel doing things like that to animals . |
| 2 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 3 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
| 4 | No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem . |
| 5 | It was , Be blessings on thee , I mean and may God bless you for the help you 've given me . |
| 6 | see you 've given her the |
| 7 | It would 've given us another month to play with at least . |
| 8 | Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that . |
| 9 | no good it 's three times too much so he must have started off with X cubed over three and that would 've given us one third of three X squared |
| 10 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd 've given it to you ; I was n't holding out . |
| 12 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 13 | You had a choice of an eight or a three I had two jacks and a king you chose the three , the two turned up that would 've given you eight and a but you picked the three so that 'll give you more in the box as well an three hit your three hit your hand as well so |
| 14 | It will appear mechanical , when plucked out of the huge and vital narrative flow , that Dostoevsky has given him ‘ a sickly dark yellow complexion ’ as a mark of his belonging to Petersburg . |
| 15 | David Lodge , whose experience as novelist , critic , and professor of English has given him many insights into the situation I am describing , provides in his recent novel Nice Work , a neat instance of the gap between students and teacher . |
| 16 | Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees . |
| 17 | Odd-Knut has given him some eggs that turn out to be frozen . |
| 18 | His short visit has given him much information about the courses but , more importantly , he now has an intimate feeling of how these young men and women , drawn from all walks of life , are trained . |
| 19 | She too has given him confidence and relieved some of the loneliness of his position . |
| 20 | I guess that over the last six years television has given him only a quarter of her exposure . |
| 21 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 22 | The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay . |
| 23 | But if Abraham 's trust has gone , God has given him cause . |
| 24 | Esau , with all the animals Jacob has given him , can hardly proceed at a mad gallop . |
| 25 | This unusual hybrid , together with the Scandinavian tag , has given him an obscure appeal in the States , but denies any connection with the Nordic beat : ‘ Things are happening in Sweden now , yes . |
| 26 | The Amstrad PCW he bought for writing letters when handwriting became too difficult has given him a new interest in life . |
| 27 | Although the money MI6 has provided has given him access to Western luxuries , they can not compensate for the fact that he will never see his motherland again . |
| 28 | Part of Keith 's interest in the documentary style of photography he excels in was , perhaps , further fuelled by the amount of time he has , over the years , spent in part-time social work which has given him access to various kinds of care units . |
| 29 | He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections . |
| 30 | The managing director is paid top market rates for the job but the dynamic American parent company has given him just one warning : ‘ If your employees strike , you 're fired . ’ |