Example sentences of "[adv] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament has expressly given him power to intervene when the local authority is acting unreasonably . |
| 2 | Heard Island , comparatively tiny , has little open ground and a smaller range of habitats ; comparative remoteness has presumably given it fewer opportunities to acquire a flora . |
| 3 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 4 | If you had only given me my wife and children : Dayenu ! ’ |
| 5 | Simply to say ‘ I was going to speak to you about a wonderfully deserving and little-known charity but the producers have only given me twenty-two seconds because they 're cutting straight to a sponsored lard-slice in Abergavenny , so I wo n't . ’ |
| 6 | But , but the other thing about giving them a standardised test at the re , when when they first arrived with us , is when you get the parent who comes and says well how they were level five in the primary school and you 've only given them level four ? |
| 7 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 8 | A man buys a razor and shaving cream and later returns saying you have only given him change for £5 instead of £10 . |
| 9 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 10 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 11 | The Foreign Office had only given him permission to join the Army on the understanding that he would return to Abyssinia when his leave expired . |
| 12 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 13 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 14 | . He 's only given you one of those . |
| 15 | But they would have only given you a book for |
| 16 | I 've only given you one sprout so you 're alright . |
| 17 | Hitherto , the Greeks had instinctively interpreted their experience through their myths and so given it " the stamp of the eternal " . |
| 18 | Daily contact with infants in the crèche ( next to the sixth-form coffee bar ) , the elderly , the frail , the physically and mentally disabled , employed people who come to us for literacy support or computing courses , active retired people attending daytime A-level classes , members of the community using our library , students on the threshold of professional careers in music playing with non-too-gifted amateurs engaged in recreation , academically-gifted students about to enter university engaged in social work with our special-needs students , has perhaps given us an unusually clear insight into the different ways people need and want education and the different circumstances in which it enriches their lives . |
| 19 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 20 | You 'd be lost here I can tell you angel , especially given you do n't know how to get from Shepherd 's Bush to Hammersmith without a police escort . |
| 21 | So all together given me about five pounds . |
| 22 | ‘ They have all given me a tremendous amount of help , and I know that any help or guidance I want in the future will be there . |
| 23 | The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit . |
| 24 | So they 've obviously given you instructions on how |
| 25 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 27 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 28 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 29 | You see i well you , you better give me ten pound or I 'll thump you ! |
| 30 | Look , sir , you 'd better give me your passport . ’ |