Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 2 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 3 | ‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’ |
| 4 | You asked me to give you a ring like . ’ |
| 5 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 6 | She asked me to give you some good advice . |
| 7 | At our last meeting , you asked me to give you a reminder regarding the above . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Benedict asked me to give you this , miss , quiet like . ’ |
| 9 | You asked me to give you a note on my interest in bibliometric research on the Journal . |
| 10 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 11 | He made me give him Celia 's address , and he wrote to her and said I should not be working and living alone at my age . |
| 12 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 13 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 14 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 15 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 16 | To my surprise , he invited me to give a poetry reading in Madrid . |
| 17 | We even paid a surprise visit to Corsham , where Rosemary and Clifford Ellis welcomed us warmly and invited me to give a series of lectures and classes . |
| 18 | So ( bridegroom 's name ) very kindly invited me to give a speech . |
| 19 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 20 | By the time Kathleen had sorted the patient out and found someone to give his wife a cup of tea and explain what was happening , Jack was back in Theatre , clad from head to toe in green theatre pyjamas , with a J-cloth hat and a mask . |
| 21 | And I cleared the lot except six baskets and they were all in good condition , so I was glad of these six baskets really because it helped you to give them one or two more . |
| 22 | The pain receded in the warmth of his caresses , and then he began to move and she found herself given over wholly to sensation . |
| 23 | Ruth found herself giving him a shove as he jumped for the top of the gate . |
| 24 | Nevertheless she found herself giving the details of her history to a woman over the telephone who fortunately spoke English , along , she was told , with five other languages . |
| 25 | He had first met her in 1938 , when she invited him to give a reading at the Student Movement House of which she was Warden . |
| 26 | Listening carefully , she frowned , and , putting aside her stethoscope , she turned to Robert and mutely invited him to give his opinion . |
| 27 | That afternoon , when she found him giving Huw Pritchard a boxing-lesson , she caught a glimpse of the old Connor — the man she loved , the man she had married . |
| 28 | For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place . ’ |
| 29 | She let him give her a hug , kissed him lightly . |
| 30 | ‘ I helped him to give parties . |