Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be give [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | In Joshua chapter one , in verses two and three , Moses my servant is dead now therefore arise , cross this Jordan , you and all his people to the land that I 'm giving to them , to the sons of Israel . |
2 | When he arrives for his pleasure he is asked by the girl 's mother : ( " Have you brought the goods that you are to give to my girl ? " ) |
3 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
4 | So so that 's four or five thousand pounds that we 're giving to them . |
5 | We never had much to eat in ordinary times , but we had less now and us kids were really glad of the extra slice of bread and jam that we were given for our school breakfast . |
6 | erm A lot of people gave as a reason for getting a particular piece of furniture the fact that it was given to them by their parents when they got married , or that a neighbour was trying to get rid of it , or that somebody from work had passed it on and they needed one . |
7 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
8 | If it is to give of its best , however , it must be appreciated and affirmed by being allowed to perform on its own , in addition to leading the singing of the whole congregation . |
9 | I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than |
10 | But he was given by his unmarried mum to a childless couple from Corfu , probably the only such adoption ever to take place in the Greek islands . |
11 | I wo n't read it all out , but it was given to me before I went into the Air Force . |
12 | The actual decision was given on the basis that applying s5 of the Partnership Act in the first case and the general law of agency in the second , the firms were liable on the undertakings because they were given by their partner/employee acting within the usual course of his business as a qualified solicitor . |
13 | But that said , erm what what it what the position is , er i is that we have put into the model Well we have n't put it into the model because it was given to us a part of the model and possibly by now North Yorkshire may have the revised model , No they have n't yet . |
14 | I know this was actually worn by her , I do n't , I , I 'm not sure whether it was given to her maid , I do n't think so . |
15 | No thought of the future , whether it was to be spent in jail or exile or even in restored fortune — no thought of it was to mar those living moments as they were given to her . |
16 | We believe a cup of coffee leaves a nicer taste in your mouth when it 's given to you by name . |
17 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |