Example sentences of "[conj] give it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you eat the food I bring you , or give it to Rosa 's kids ? ’ |
| 2 | You can keep it at home with other important papers , or give it to your executor , your professional adviser , or your bank to look after . |
| 3 | Er the idea was we 'd be able to sell it to people or give it to people depending on whether they had any money or not I suppose by the Green Party . |
| 4 | My father may leave everything to me , but I frankly would n't know what to do with it other than give it to Jamie . ’ |
| 5 | I , I , I personally feel that give it to solicitor and let her deal with it , because |
| 6 | That can mean only that the common agricultural policy is to be reformed in such a way as to take money from the United Kingdom and give it for cohesion to countries outside . |
| 7 | If your employee is not entitled to SMP , you need to complete form SMP1 and give it to her together with any maternity certificate which she may have given you . |
| 8 | We can only pass an Act of Parliament and give it to them with a slap on the back and a ‘ best of British luck ’ : ‘ Here 's your constitution , ’ we say , ‘ now do what you like with it ; you can because you are now independent . ’ |
| 9 | The Iraqis ' suspicions of his links with Iran , Israel and America ( he was on the CIA 's payroll ) were reinforced when , that year , he said : ‘ If support were strong enough we could control the Kirkuk oilfield and give it to an American company to operate ’ . |
| 10 | They assumed that wealth was automatically there , and that the task of politics was simply to take from the wrong people and give it to the right ones . |
| 11 | She would cut off her right arm and give it to him if he came over with as much as a single bag . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll nip in and try and get the number and give it to Brown Owl , ’ she decided . |
| 13 | I must take it off at once and give it to Donna so that she can rinse it … ’ |
| 14 | In these cases , either assist the foal to get to its feet or if necessary , milk the colostrum from the mare and give it to the foal using a rubber teat and a bottle . |
| 15 | So you write this on a piece of paper and give it to your daughter or son . |
| 16 | Another ploy I have heard suggested is to knit a garment and give it to , say , a friend to wear at the office . |
| 17 | We 're going to take everything you own , suckers , and give it to the black communists in Zimbabwe ! ’ |
| 18 | Her response was , ‘ You 'd better come in and give it to her yourself . ’ |
| 19 | In this case police officers saw the defendant take a flick knife from his pocket and give it to a friend to inspect before returning it to his pocket . |
| 20 | ‘ Players like Paul Ince and Carlton Palmer are complementing Gascoigne because they are prepared to win the ball and give it to him in areas where he can be the most effective . |
| 21 | ‘ Let's scuff a ball up the way we are alleged to have done and give it to someone like Devon Malcolm . |
| 22 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |
| 23 | But I could n't yet leave the phone and dash into the other room and give it to Sally . |
| 24 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 25 | A mother otter will bring a half-dead fish and give it to her young to play with in a pool so that they may practice the dives and swoops that are needed to be a successful underwater hunter . |
| 26 | At the age of 18 , Antony heard the passage of scripture that was to change his life : " If thou wilt be perfect , go and sell that thou hast , and give it to the poor " ( Matt. 19 : 21 ) . |
| 27 | Run and give it to Great-Granny , ’ he said , sometime after Pippa was already there . |
| 28 | To find you and give it to you . ‘ |
| 29 | The government has decided to take power over sex education out of the hands of local authorities and give it to school governors and parents . |
| 30 | Why not make a chimney of your own , fill it with sweets and give it to someone for Christmas ? |