Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday .
2 The other major concern for women is about finding ways of living which give us more independence , more control over our own lives , and more self worth than is frequently the experience of women in subordination to men .
3 Now this will definitely test your listening skills and , I know it 's getting late in the afternoon and you 've had a heavy meal , but you really do have to concentrate because the feedback you give him is now , or her rather , is now vitally important , okay , cos you have n't got a second bite of the cherry .
4 ‘ Alas , ’ said Owen , ‘ I feel that the largeness of spirit for which you are famous has expressed itself in the figure you give us . ’
5 Peace I leave with you ; my peace I give you .
6 There were the bank recruitment stands ( 'If you give us all your money , we will let you queue in our bank when we 're open , and outside when we 're not ! ' ) and the MI5 stall ( 'Ever thought about Intelligence ?
7 There 's also a general view in the community that community care itself is not necessarily really working very well , there 's some fears about it , some uncertainties and a member did mention , it may have been Jim you know or somebody mentioned about the seven hours domiciliary , from my experience as a councillor I am not sure that simply because that figure exists that that means that that is satisfying the need of those people and in any case the sort of people who need to go into residential care , who can no longer be maintained in their home , with whatever help we give them or with whatever help their family have to give them they 're not necessarily the sort of people who we 're talking about need to go in a home .
8 It was widespread among craft unions like the wool combers who were said to have become " one society throughout the kingdom … if any of their club is out of work they give them a ticket and money to seek for work at the next town where a box club is " .
9 No I think what it was was a load of bullshit they give me .
10 We never asked for these technologies , and in the long run they give us fewer choices , not more .
11 In return they give you a lot of care and sex . ’
12 In that case you give me your form , keep hold of it
13 Of course you give them back to the client .
14 Yeah in other words yeah , we we you 're gon na complain and to not send them a cheque you give them two free seats which we know the cost of that is is minimal .
15 I take all that you have and it 's place and in it 's place I give you all that I have and all that I am .
16 Did that job I give you this morning .
17 But first I must warn you that this evening I give you not a narrative .
18 Early air travellers often flew for adventure , not just speed , and some travellers today , who do not have to cram a two-week break into a busy year , have gone back to earlier forms of transport which give them a far sharper sense of going places .
19 How you look at someone , the attention you give them and your body language are all means of communication and can have a strong effect upon the recipient , even if he only perceives it on a subconscious level .
20 If I 'd have thought about it , that wedding cake she give me
21 I think in general by virtue of the fact that we go to great lengths to make sure that people fully understand exactly what they have got I mean we 're not in a in a situation where we want people to think that they 've got something they have n't , which is why we go to the lengths that we do erm to make sure that people are fully aware of what they 've got , and if they 're unhappy with what they 've got then obviously within the fourteen day period we give them the right to cancel .
22 In medieval times the word ‘ road ’ denoted something rather different to the meaning we give it today .
23 If you do n't take it , you know , if you ca n't take the joke they give you , they just they get really upset about it .
24 Sport does occupy a great chunk of the time of black schoolkids and the attention they give it is directly related to the rewards it brings .
25 ‘ We are not for having any man turn sceptic , and disbelieve his senses ; on the contrary we give them all the stress and assurance imaginable ; nor are there any principles more opposite to scepticism , than those we have laid down . ’
26 I cash in on my sex appeal I take all the credit I give you the
27 ‘ Your choice whether you smoke a cigarette , my choice on the name I give you .
28 He says he knows cases where wives were n't given , and there were then very serious er conflicts broken up , because the man who did n't get the wife then thought he 'd been cheated and apparently his complaint was you know er wife I give you my foreskin .
29 look about all that meat you give her
30 For friend food and fellowship we give you thanks oh lord amen .
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