Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [pers pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 2 | So I says erm , Do you have any washing machines er that you have and all this and I give it all to him . |
| 3 | A council they oppose so much that they give us one of the lowest grants per head in the country , poll tax cap us , take us to court over redundancy payments , criticise us over the Meadow Well management and so on . |
| 4 | Excessive use of this technique in a self-administered or postal questionnaire can irritate respondents so much that they give up . |
| 5 | Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true . |
| 6 | But in the end we get back as much as we give , and find that though such activities are often hard work and demanding , the fact that we are needed and active is rewarding and stimulating . |
| 7 | Now usually in the exams they work it so you ca n't do that cos they give you a graph already drawn and they 'll have sort of erm two squares is equal to one unit along the bottom but only one square equals one unit |
| 8 | Perhaps we , we all have erm thirty three pence each and we give a penny to Oxfam , or we 'll toss up or we 'll , thirty three pence each and one penny left over so we 'll have a third of that penny each we 'll cut it up . |
| 9 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 10 | Erm simple as that if I give you a list of telephone numbers you 're not likely to remember them for long , you might be able |
| 11 | I mean if you go it 's normally I chat about two lectures on that and you give lots of examples . |
| 12 | Warm acceptance , and a compassionate and kindly approach , should be the marks of all that we give to others — and to our own children too . |
| 13 | The lessons of A Course In Miracles provide many wonderful affirmations such as — ‘ There is nothing to fear ’ , ‘ I could see peace instead of this ’ , ‘ All that I give is given to myself , ‘ All things I think I see reflect ideas ’ , ‘ Let me be still and listen to the truth ’ , ‘ Light and joy and peace abide in me ’ , ‘ Today I will judge nothing that occurs ’ , and ‘ The past is over . |
| 14 | For the man or woman with a first-class academic brain the administrative posts in the Home Civil Service have great attraction , above all because they give the satisfaction of doing work of paramount social and national importance . |
| 15 | Any more than I give more than an irritated passing thought to turning up a heater when the temperature drops . |
| 16 | ‘ I understand , ’ she responded coldly , ‘ a lot more than you give me credit for . |
| 17 | Now they keep saying , mummy you always give him more than you give us ! |
| 18 | It 's nothing , this is the way I deal with it , if I treat this job , if I go in to a shop or ask for any service I expect , you know , the same that I give , and basically speaking then I 'm pleased . |
| 19 | ‘ The first 20 minutes will be critical and , the way he kicks , Botha could beat us on his own if we give him the chances , ’ said Carling , whose assessment was backed by pack leader Brian Moore . |
| 20 | It depends on how much you can do how much Simon can do on his own if I give him stuff to do . |