Example sentences of "[noun sg] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strapped for cash , he hurried inside and bartered for sex by handing over the silver watch given him by his sick father . |
| 2 | As kids , loyal pals , as men now , they justify the respect and high esteem given them . |
| 3 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | There is a chief superintendent in RUC Headquarters whose sole responsibility is community relations , and no complaints were made about the level of managerial support given them by Easton 's senior officers , something unusual for ordinary policemen and women in the RUC , and particularly so compared to community policing sections in other forces ( Grimshaw and Jefferson 1987 ) . |
| 5 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 6 | Between late July and early October 1936 the rebels drove home the advantage given them by Franco 's agreements with Mussolini and Hitler . |
| 7 | None the less , the Committee considered that the instruments were available and the time ripe for achieving this enormous ambition : " We have the advantage given us by then necessity of a new departure among rapidly changing conditions , and by the opportunity of avoiding some causes of past failure " . |
| 8 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 9 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 10 | WITH the forthcoming visit by the South Africans looming large , the RFU have taken the opportunity given them by the All Black and Wallaby tours to South Africa to get in some early homework on the Boks . |
| 11 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 12 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 13 | Voters depend much less on the cues and guidance given them by party workers and rely instead on television . |
| 14 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 15 | Let mummy give it to you . |
| 16 | Let mummy give you a drop more spray . |
| 17 | ‘ And , just before we left London , why did the beggar give you that note ? ’ |
| 18 | The princess sang along with old favourites such as The Streets Of London and My Liverpool Home — plus the hospice hymn Give Me Oil For My Lamp . |
| 19 | You do same what you done with the first used to carry on , you 'd , you have horse give ya , and you look after it . |
| 20 | Mummy give you a comb . |
| 21 | Mummy give you some Calpol ? |
| 22 | oh dear , shall mummy give you your medicine , now he , he can do it |
| 23 | mummy give you a drop of it I think , |
| 24 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 25 | I 'm in fifth gear give it some welly ! |
| 26 | Local chaps the CATHERINE WHEEL give it some rocktastic welly , continuing to show their truer , head-caving colours now they do n't have to satisfy indie sensitivities . |
| 27 | Before re-assembling the valve give it a good clean and smear petroleum jelly on the piston and on the threads of the cap holding the washer , so that if necessary it can be undone more easily in the future . |
| 28 | But I think it 's time , I think we both agree that the time er well used because it 's for the because your Lordship will have a better understanding of the evidence when the plaintiff and the defendant give it from the witness box . |
| 29 | We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance . |
| 30 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |