Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] give [pron] " 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 | She did n't know if they had given themselves sufficient time to think things over before they married — that was the kind of question her sister Louise asked . |
| 3 | Well grandma has cos she 's given me a swimsuit . |
| 4 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | No I do n't know whether we do give them , even the precise dates . |
| 7 | I think I 'm just gon na go round me girlfriend 's and sleep after she 's given me my food . |
| 8 | Edward Gillespie says that they wanted to give their racegoers something extra and more excitement … and when times are hard this is one way of getting more owners into the sport |
| 9 | Well I hope that I 've given you enough to get you started on the right tracks . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ That sounds a lovely idea , ’ she found she had answered before she had given herself time to think further . |
| 12 | If you 've time to spare and you want to give yourself a pleasure , the Italian boy 's schooling Miss Dersingham 's big fellow . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | You know before you start giving them all the spiel |
| 20 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 21 | And then I feel that I 've given myself to somebody who thinks my heart is a pretty flower . |
| 22 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 23 | I pumped one through today on something lost and it does give you an immediate link to , a written link . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | His voice trailed as he recalled giving his name to the anonymous diplomat during his earlier call to the Iranian Embassy in Paris . |
| 28 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 29 | Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon . |
| 30 | 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 . |