Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [pron] [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 2 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 3 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 4 | Hugo Brassard looked as if someone had given him a present . |
| 5 | ‘ I feel as if you 've given me a gift I 'm completely unworthy of . |
| 6 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 7 | Actually some groups in current Western society wear what could almost be termed a uniform , in that it serves to give them a distinct identity , for example skinheads , hippies , and the tinted , spiked hair brigade ; in fact these non-verbal cues can influence interaction to such an extent that one has to be careful to avoid stereotyping , sometimes quite erroneously . |
| 8 | Based on that I have to give it to Mel cos he could also bend the ball around the wall to score — I never saw Lorimer do that ( he did nt have to ! ) . |
| 9 | But there 's two ways of getting them off if they do latch on to you , one is to burn them off with a cigarette or a match and the other way is to use rock salt , and if you put rock salt on them they then just come off so that 's a little bit erm more humane for the leeches but it depends what you feel about them really as to whether you want to give them another chance . |