Example sentences of "[conj] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | There was unemployment going about and the man that had a certain job at making certain things were n't to keen to show the apprentice what to do or give them the recipes . |
2 | Either let your hair dry naturally or give it a quick blast with a diffuser/dryer . |
3 | She had felt she 'd die rather than give him the satisfaction , but now she 'd have to be clever , for by implication she had denigrated his power and his commitment to protect her . |
4 | Now let that give you an idea how serious things are . |
5 | Do n't you love your grandmother enough to come downstairs and give her a little goodbye kiss ? ’ |
6 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
7 | ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’ |
8 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
9 | When I 've found out when she can come and give me a hand , I 'll give you a ring . ’ |
10 | She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle . |
11 | Baptiste , run and ask your mother to come and give me a hand , would you ? |
12 | " Perhaps you would be ready to come and give me a fitting on Friday afternoon ? " |
13 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
14 | I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that . |
15 | Soon something would open up and give him a path to follow . |
16 | Why do n't you go and give him a surprise , actually pay your husband some attention for once , eh ? ’ |
17 | I just tell him to shut up and give him a sharp rap across the knuckles . |
18 | I 'd go and give him a hand but I do not like ladders Fun is n't it ? |
19 | I suppose we ought to go out and give him a hand really but |
20 | I think we should go and give him a hand . |
21 | I have n't yet no , but I think he 's outside mixing cement , we said we 'd go and give him a hand to put his posts in |
22 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
23 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
24 | Finally he got so used to me calling that he asked me to come down and give them a hand fixing it up . |
25 | ‘ After we lost in Moscow , I ushered the team back into the locker room and locked the door before any administrators could get in and give them a load of bull about how well we had done to run the mighty red machine so close . |
26 | I 'll just pop in and give them a good scare . |
27 | Tell you what , I 'll go and give them a hand ! |
28 | Then you start at half past four I 'll go round and give them a bit of tea , all of them , you see , see if they 've eat , those that 's eat up horses eat up , give them a bit of tea and then the lads start on them and they dress them over till they sa well , well say , we give them till six o'clock wa to do two horses . |
29 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
30 | England 's a fascinating and beautiful country — so why not take off and give yourself a break ? |