Example sentences of "but give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sweet little dairy-maid who 'd enchant the customers but give them all the wrong change ? |
| 2 | Goldfish , for instance , lay hundreds of eggs at a time , but give them no parental care at all . |
| 3 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 4 | But give them a solid economic recovery and they 'll forget it ever happened . ’ |
| 5 | I feel very strongly that Salford should end this free giving away of degrees , but give them to the deserved students only — us . |
| 6 | They may not always be too keen on having to wash with it … but give them the chance to make a big splash somewhere and they will never be any happier . |
| 7 | According to the trust 's Andy Hunter , the aim is not to treat or rehabilitate people but give them an opportunity to work . |
| 8 | I 've never seen the sort of breathtaking squalor I witnessed there but give them a day when their neighbourhood is shown to be worth the world running through it , gratefully accepting water and candy from them at the roadside , and it 's amazing the way mutual mistrust can disappear . |
| 9 | but give them in the morning cos we 've got to come over in the morning have n't we ? |
| 10 | Divert children , in a sense , but give them a feeling of power at the same time . |
| 11 | Probably should have won it on , about seventy-five percent of it , but we were n't as good , we , nowhere what we should have been , but give them credit , they worked very hard and er well there was only one goal in it , they kept doing their job and they done that quite well . |
| 12 | ‘ But give me this any time , ’ he laughed . |
| 13 | but give me back … |
| 14 | But give me courage too , |
| 15 | ‘ But give me warmth in a woman . ’ |
| 16 | But give me a chance . |
| 17 | I realize you 're a trained psychologist but give me some details . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We 're really very busy at the moment , but give me a ring tomorrow in my office and we 'll try and make a date ’ he said feebly , hoping his lack of enthusiasm might act as a deterrent . |
| 19 | But give me the benefit of the biochemical doubt , for that is perhaps not , except amongst professional biochemists , the most important question . |
| 20 | The French may have their fancy patisseries , but give me an English pudding any day . |
| 21 | There was a place he lived further down the glen and the old farmer said I 've no objections to you going in there but give me your pipe . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll tell you , Lynn , but give me a drink first . ’ |
| 23 | But give me a bit of time and I 'm sure I can find some cogent motive to pin on him . ’ |
| 24 | She has n't said anything about what she 's working on , but give me time . |
| 25 | No , but give me a chance just to have a |
| 26 | No you keep all that paraphernalia but give me that . |
| 27 | But give me |
| 28 | Ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you — but give him plenty of warning . |
| 29 | Most of the time he probably kept the fact well-concealed , but give him an audience of five-year-olds behind closed doors , and the brakes would come off . |
| 30 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |