Example sentences of "[conj] you [verb] give [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politicians do n't have time to read screeds , so you have to give them short , pithy things to look at , We were doing all this anyway , of course , but the chaps at Barton , including Andy , are working on it much more effectively since we were able to say definitely that the DTI civil servants were agin them . |
| 2 | I 'll give her a dose now , a small dose , and if you have to give her some tonight make sure it 's a very small amount . ’ |
| 3 | The above applies only if you have given us prior notification of each period of foreign travel and the countries you are visiting . |
| 4 | They consider that you can only move on from an unhappy experience if you have given it some meaning . |
| 5 | if that 's not her role , but you 've given her that role . |
| 6 | ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’ |
| 7 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |
| 8 | You know before you start giving them all the spiel |
| 9 | ‘ And when you need to give her more chloroform , ’ he said , ‘ hand the leg you are holding to Rose — you may take them both on your shoulders if you will , Rose ; it 's important that she does n't regain consciousness during the actual birth . ’ |