Example sentences of "to [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | And those New England mountains seemed to me to give evidence of a human success so meagre and transitory as to be more desperate than the desert . ’ |
| 2 | John wrote at length to Hanns about colour , shapes and general effect desirable , and asked him to ‘ do a few rough sketches and send them to me to give to Cecily ; number them so that I can just send you back a telegram saying ‘ Do number three ’ say , unless there is more to be said . ’ |
| 3 | The evolutionary story , to the extent that it can now be understood ( and to the much more modest extent to which I understand it myself ) seems to me to give some support to the view that in this respect the historical story means very much what it seems to mean . |
| 4 | He stops short of handing it over himself , but gives it to me to give to her . |
| 5 | And she says , soon as she gets the money she 's gon na give it to me to give to yous . |
| 6 | Tomorrow , are you going to give it to Mr or do you want to give it to me to give to him or whatever suits you |
| 7 | If the owner could write to me giving details of the camera case , I will gladly return it to him ( her ) . |
| 8 | Apart from how kind he is to me giving me something so easy . |
| 9 | Like Paris himself , Ryder was deciding to whom to give the apple . |
| 10 | Moods , bad moods and going to I gave my husband a terrible time ! |
| 11 | ‘ I wanted to speak to you before I saw Ursula , ’ she concluded , ‘ because she might object to my giving you the private detective 's report on Maurice 's finances . ’ |
| 12 | There would seem to be no problem about proving enactment — the Royal Assent is today granted by Commissioners and there would seem to be no privilege bar to their giving evidence as to the grant . |
| 13 | Finally , the 1986 Act gave societies the power to seek ‘ incorporation ’ , subject to their giving adequate notice of their intention and subject to a vote by their members . |
| 14 | Such was the interest generated by the above contributors , we look forward to their giving full length talks in the future . |
| 15 | Nevertheless it is important that every member of a firm should be familiar with at least the basic arrangements for its administration and should not be denied access to information about the activities of the firm at any level , subject always to their giving reasonable notice . |
| 16 | The aim is to document evidence on the way journalists make their daily decisions on what is news , on the events to which to give prominence , and on the treatment and presentation of those events . |
| 17 | If you were going to do , if you decided you wanted to do research on gypsies and , you yourself , a lot of gypsies er , and you decide th the best way to do it is to which gives a kind of subjective insight to their own lifestyle and thinking . |
| 18 | Invite the person closest to you to give you some honest feedback on the degree of diplomacy you exhibit . |
| 19 | It 's up to you to give him the visual reference material from which he can start planning his camera angles , his cast positionings , etc . ’ |
| 20 | The snow hook is actually on the end of the tow line so that in the unlikely event of the karabiner unhooking — as it did once on me — — the hook stays close to you giving you an outside chance of holding on to the team . |
| 21 | I understand that another local resident , Mrs M Yates has written directly to you giving her evidence about the usage of this path . |
| 22 | Yeah , right , and then erm , Kent or one of them is talking to you giving them your address , an no , giving them their address . |
| 23 | But as you may know , ESP guitars are handmade in just one factory in Tokyo ; this is not one of those companies that farm out their work to whoever gives them the lowest quotation . |
| 24 | Society in general is kinder too in its attitude to the widower , and is prepared to draw closer to him to give him help and support as he does his grief-work . |
| 25 | Mr Heath , 47 , earned £3 million in 1989 when the international share dealing business was turning in record profits but ‘ a disagreement about strategic policy ’ has led to him giving up his directorships at the City 's oldest merchant banking group . |
| 26 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 27 | They regularly employed Philip Leapor as a gardener , and the letters sent to him give some insight into his business . |
| 28 | What you ought to do was to said to him give me a deposit |
| 29 | Talking to him gave Jane the idea ( obvious , as most good ideas seem , once they 're thought of ) of producing a guide to the firm 's products , loose-leaf for updating , to be distributed to doctors and clinics . |
| 30 | Her letters to him gave news of all the preparations for the wedding , but were tender and loving too . |