Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues .
2 But you 're taking a , a , a G P's word for it , that these tablets that he 's given you are gon na help you through the emotional pain
3 If a detainee tells a FME that he wishes to give him confidential information , he is warned by the doctor that confidentiality does not apply to anything against the public interest , for it would be improper for the doctor to collude in deception .
4 ‘ She very kindly invited me to lunch and she has given me a lot of useful information . ’
5 And I 'd like to bet there 's quite a few of the blokes down there ’ — she jerked her head to the side — ‘ look upon this war as a godsend because it 's given them a legitimate excuse to leave their shanties .
6 Do you know what if we come up tonight cos erm a woman came to the door , a woman came to the door this afternoon and she 's given us a Walkman with a microphone on it and we 've to tape all the conversations with it
7 the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and
8 I 'm wondering if I should ring them actually , from unit , and ask them if tell them what 's happening and will she be able to go on Income Support if she does give it up ?
9 Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ?
10 He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections .
11 After every fight , he says , he thinks about retirement and he intends to give it more consideration that usual in the New Year , vowing that when he quits he 'll do so as world champion .
12 He does not give us simple explanations but he does give us useful ones .
13 We rehearsed so much stuff that it 's given us plenty of music to play around with on the tour .
14 That was a good tackle but he 's given it straight to Pearce .
15 I 've got this feeling that she has given it to Sophie
16 They says , right , he says , I 've got a I 've got a problem with alcohol and he 's given us the valium to get us off the alcohol .
17 Wales coach Alan Davies admitted : ‘ John Eales 's absence will certainly disrupt Australia and it does give us a bit of an extra chance of winning some line-out ball .
18 God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority .
19 Thanks to our parliamentary system and the stability that it has given us , the British people have been spared the horrors of revolution , civil war and invasion for more than 300 years .
20 It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door !
21 I told you to stay with your grandfather till you had repaid the love and care-he has given you .
22 Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received .
23 Er , special thanks also to Neil for all support and encouragement that he 's given me .
24 Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is
25 ‘ We 've been completely ignored for a long time , which has been a pretty good thing because it 's given us time to develop , ’ beams Brett .
26 Not a medium so he 's given him the small so he 's thinking if if it does n't fit he 's still made the sale .
27 He wants me to feel , day after day , the pain and misery that he has given me .
28 Medical confidentiality you 're you 're just sitting there with bloody a private conversation we that I went for treatment with my doctor , and and the recommendations that she 's given me in , well well what 's the point er what er what 's going on ?
29 OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people .
30 Just been to a friend 's house and he 's given me a nice cup of tea and a little drop of brandy and that I did enjoy it
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