Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |
| 2 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 3 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
| 4 | Thanks for the laughter and smiles you gave everyone , |
| 5 | Another member of staff recognised the defendant from his schooldays and told him to give himself up . |
| 6 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 7 | " I shall never forget " , he said , " the support and help he gave me during the critical months of the revolution in 1917 . |
| 8 | Is that right or do you give them hell ? |
| 9 | I wrote to Mr Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm . |
| 10 | Can I thank Jim very much indeed for attending our conference this morning and ask him to give us a civic welcome . |
| 11 | When it seemed to be over , I went next door and called Fielding and asked him to give me an incredible amount of money . |
| 12 | One of the Germans stationed in the house got suspicious of Antoinette hanging about near the cellar door and made her give him the key and go down there with him so he could see what she was hiding . |
| 13 | With kindness and loyalty and sacrifice they gave me their support , as did all but two of my colleagues in Macmillan 's Cabinet . |
| 14 | Her parents are convinced the killer is a local man and begged him to give himself up . |
| 15 | In your reading [ anything from specialist journals to Sunday Sport ] perhaps you happen upon some item or extract which gives you a new insight or understanding of some aspect of Total Quality . |
| 16 | I gave her your number and told her to give me five minutes to warn you first . |
| 17 | The King was much intrigued to see them in the Dolls ' House and enquired who gave her permission . |
| 18 | ‘ It was an amazing first set and winning it gave me a big boost and seemed to have the opposite effect on David , ’ said Corsie later . |