Example sentences of "[adj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 one who would say alright darling give me a kiss
2 He would like to hold a discussion meeting for like minds so if you are interested give him a ring on 0533 770531 .
3 Fit him in , will you , when I 'm free to give him some time .
4 Feel free to give her anything you like .
5 He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved .
6 ‘ You can ask , but I might not be free to give you a truthful answer . ’
7 ‘ They 'll have it tomorrow morning — or as soon as I 'm free to give it . ’
8 The serenos receive a small salary from the shopkeepers and private houses they keep an eye on , but it is considered proper to give them a tip each time they open a door for one .
9 ( Yet some instinct told me that I must be careful to give her no cause for having a grievance .
10 Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make .
11 All in all , I would be prepared to give her quite a high mark during her time in government , which I am sure will be a source of great relief to her when she comes to sleep at night .
12 Amabel , for the first time in her life , had felt in less than perfect harmony with her John-William when he had declared that Linnet , on the small dowry he was prepared to give her , was aiming too high .
13 St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her .
14 ‘ She wants any damn thing you 're prepared to give her , and that 's a crying shame , because she deserves a hell of a lot more than that . ’
15 Thank goodness , though that for all he was n't so free with his smiles he had a terrific sense of humour and had not held against her the blunt , not to say impolite way she 'd asked if he was prepared to give her an interview .
16 pluggers exist to exploit the middle ground of those record releases which may be a hit , depending on whether radio producers and presenters are prepared to give them a ‘ run ’ .
17 While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods .
18 I 'm quite prepared to give them — say £20 . ’
19 A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful .
20 You might even be prepared to give them something whether
21 It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance .
22 He 's set up a meeting for tomorrow with his financial boys , and I get the impression he 's very keen , but it 's all down to what he wants for the equity investment and how much I 'm prepared to give him . ’
23 If he wishes er a reference I 'd be prepared to give him one any time .
24 There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " .
25 However , she was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt .
26 She 'd been quite prepared to give him what Juliet was n't yet ready for .
27 ‘ … anyway , with time it was obvious that he was going to need more maintenance than Gwen was prepared to give him .
28 I 'm still prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt because he is a decent manager who knows the ropes and who has been there before .
29 I 'm , no , I 'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment .
30 Yes , but particularly with reference to John Major , I think he 's had an amazing honeymoon and people are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt as you were about his quote treatment of women unquote , and I suspect that the media have been particularly sympathetic and wearing kid gloves with him , and I find that the role of the media is to probe and to pry and
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