Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is , do I do what I want or give in to him ? |
| 2 | Usually I start in my bedroom and I like to get to the top of the stairs by the baby 's lunchtime , and then I stop and give them lunch and then I carry on and get on quite well . |
| 3 | I reckon that give a good team he could turn in ( God forbid ) an England player . |
| 4 | She 's looking through this rack of suits so I go and give her a hand . |
| 5 | I always give them some when I , when I see them , I try and give them you know |
| 6 | For several minutes I pull and give line in turn as the fish sulks and flaps its tail at the surface . |
| 7 | Men need , in effect , to say to each other , ‘ I authorize and give up my right of governing myself , to this man , or to this assembly of men , on this condition , that they give up their right to him and authorize all his actions in like manner . ’ |
| 8 | We feed you , keep you warm and give you a roof over your head . |
| 9 | She said on the fourteenth , you know and give it to you then . |
| 10 | You try and give you money , there he is there . |
| 11 | One poet wrote a poem called the Hound of Hell in which he pictures Francis Thompson , the na name of the poet , in which he he pictures Je , er God pursuing men and women down through the corridors and labyrinths of time , down throughout their life , relentlessly pursuing and no matter how much you try and give God the slip , there he is , he will pursue you , he will seek you out , he desires to ca , for you to come to know him , and you can not get rid of God that easily ! |
| 12 | Now , off you go and give me some peace . |
| 13 | ‘ You go and give that in writing to my wife in the house . |
| 14 | It 's a a a re a really nice restaurant but you can pick all your food raw and they just , there 's a chef cooking , and you just get one of these plates , you can have as many helpings as you want , they serve you a cold starter and a hot starter but there 's a buffet that 's about half the size of our club and one side of it it 's all fish on a wet fish slab , and steak , and veal , and chicken and so there 's every sort of meat you can think of , and you can pick a wooden platter full of it , so you go and give it the chef with this number that they give you and then they come serve you with whatever you want . |
| 15 | I think it 's the things you collect that give a house character . ’ |
| 16 | DO watch the screen while you type or give commands so that if something goes wrong you can correct it as soon as possible ( eg using Esc ape , U ndo ) |
| 17 | Once you 've lost as much money as me on the horses — then you come and give me a sermon on gambling , all right ? ’ |
| 18 | You come and give him the present . |
| 19 | How we admire and give thanks for Peggy 's intrepid spirit and abounding enthusiasm . |
| 20 | A white woman asks for a bath , and they go and give her the key to the bathroom , things like that . |
| 21 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 22 | treat employees sympathetically if they relapse and give them another chance if they take advice and undergo treatment |
| 23 | So Nuer readily acknowledge that when they pray and give thanks to kwoth with appropriate offerings they restore to him what is already his . |