Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] give [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
2 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
3 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
4 | And make sure that you give it the way they want . |
5 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
6 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
7 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
8 | That 's a bit extreme but it gives you the idea . |
9 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |