Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example .
2 Well grandma has cos she 's given me a swimsuit .
3 I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths .
4 ‘ When you 've done research on a country for years , you also get a sense of which groups have vested interests or political agendas , who can be trusted and who has given us reliable information , ’ said Smart .
5 No I do n't know whether we do give them , even the precise dates .
6 I think I 'm just gon na go round me girlfriend 's and sleep after she 's given me my food .
7 Well I hope that I 've given you enough to get you started on the right tracks .
8 But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time .
9 He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’
10 When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run .
11 He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it .
12 Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque .
13 He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought .
14 You know before you start giving them all the spiel
15 But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’
16 That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son .
17 I pumped one through today on something lost and it does give you an immediate link to , a written link .
18 ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it .
19 I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’
20 Then there 's Bernard , who does n't know how well he 's supposed to be doing because you failed to give him standards of performance that he could measure his efforts by .
21 She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all .
22 What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested .
23 Now he knew that he had given her what he had , and no one could give more .
24 ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’
25 The Queen commending his work , not only for the pains therein taken , said that nothing had given her so great delectation .
26 Who said that I had given thee up .
27 Several women friends of Waddell said that he had given them within days of the murder large sums of money ; and a barman to whom Waddell had given £1000 for safe keeping said Waddell had told him he had won a packet on the horses .
28 The talks were going very well and Smith said that he wanted to give us a holiday and take us to Victoria Falls in his plane .
29 Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long .
30 I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand
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