Example sentences of "[pers pn] give [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mum can I give one to Robert when he comes out of school ? |
| 2 | Mum can I give one to Robert when he comes out of school ? |
| 3 | Why should I give anything to Perks ? |
| 4 | you know , and I give everyone that |
| 5 | If you wish to comment on the paper , I give everyone the opportunity , and believe you me , I 'm being as very , as fair as I can . |
| 6 | I give nothing away . |
| 7 | As a member of the Select Committee on Sittings of the House , I give nothing away — because it has been said in public session — when I say that consideration must be given to the views of the Lord President and the shadow Leader of the House about the timetabling of legislation , following some of the thinking on the subject of the Select Committee on Procedure . |
| 8 | So if I give someone a bit of a clout now and then , it sort of clears me again . ’ |
| 9 | I was once or twice approached by stony-faced nuns begging for charities , but I gave nothing because I felt sure that some of those nuns were fakes , possibly men in drag , for their big , dark , hollow eyes , dyspeptic noses bright red in chalk-white faces , compressed , colourless lips and faint moustaches were hardly the signs of religious penance , and they were all wearing rather large boots . |
| 10 | I gave one to Jackie and not heard whether she 's had it or not . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew I could win and I gave everything I could . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I knew I could win and I gave everything I could . ’ |
| 13 | Tonight , I gave everything to you , everything . |
| 14 | No you give one you give them both she |
| 15 | ‘ The day you give something away I 'll take a vow of chastity . |
| 16 | Yeah you wan na see if they can do it or not you can tell if somebody , if you give somebody something to do body language you can normally |
| 17 | Erm ha having gone through that you moved on er and gave out your business card fi first and then the buyer 's guide erm do n't know whether you 're happy doing it that way or whether it 's better round the other way , I I , you , you tend to think if you give somebody the buyer 's guide first when they start to look at it you give them your business card and take it away , perhaps if you do it the other way round they might s start reading the buyer 's guide |
| 18 | Okay , so the memo version is pretty well one way people write memos back but it it 's a kind of one way communication if you give somebody some information in a memo , okay ? |
| 19 | I think you just assume that if you give somebody painkillers and they do n't work , oh that 's it ! |
| 20 | Cos you might find you give somebody something erm which counteracts that |
| 21 | And if you give somebody a pound coin they think your giving you two P . |
| 22 | ‘ You give nothing away , Madame . ’ |
| 23 | It 's a simple principle , you give everybody a number and the numbers as they move on are shown on a display board . |
| 24 | You give everybody a chance . |
| 25 | I mean if you go it 's normally I chat about two lectures on that and you give lots of examples . |
| 26 | She has been good to me and although she knows there is something wrong and maybe suspects there is something I have not told her about she gives nothing away . |
| 27 | ‘ You gave everyone quite a fright . ’ |
| 28 | Thanks for the laughter and smiles you gave everyone , |
| 29 | After handing me a glass she gave one to Reid , and then , as though unthinkingly , straightened the fringe of hair round the back of his neck . |
| 30 | Pouring the tea into two thick white mugs , she gave one to her friend . |