Example sentences of "[pron] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get that splendid girl of yours to give me a date or two and I 'll see if we can fix something up fairly promptly . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’ |
| 3 | Ask the advice of the Occupational Therapist ; Social Services will also arrange for someone to give further advice . |
| 4 | This should be enough to convince someone to give you a chance . |
| 5 | I want to cry , I want to comfort her , give her something , I want someone to give me something , comfort me . |
| 6 | ‘ He just wants someone to give his two spoilt brats a holiday . |
| 7 | Actually he wanted someone to give some orders to and to deal with the press for him . |
| 8 | Simone rushed back into the house , dumping the bags on the kitchen table , calling out for someone to give her a hand . |
| 9 | By the time Kathleen had sorted the patient out and found someone to give his wife a cup of tea and explain what was happening , Jack was back in Theatre , clad from head to toe in green theatre pyjamas , with a J-cloth hat and a mask . |
| 10 | They are looking for someone to give them a helping hand . ’ |
| 11 | You want someone to give you some lino |
| 12 | While the short-term expediency of such a position may be understood in the light of the desperate state of access to inland waters in England and Wales , as paddlers we must never allow ourselves to give any solace to the polluters . |
| 13 | If you want to make a fight of it I should warn you that they were not his to give . |
| 14 | Woodville had seized £10,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 15 | Now he was whirling his sabre in a novel manner , invented by himself to give optimum performance in hand-to-hand combat , and which suggested the sails of a windmill . |
| 16 | But he could n't bring himself to give it a serious answer . |
| 17 | The slight upwards twist he gave to the bottle took the place of the wry smile he would never allow himself to give . |
| 18 | We are optimistic about the prospects of the scheme , and I hope that , in due course , the hon. Member for Hammersmith will be able to bring himself to give it an unqualified endorsement . |
| 19 | Woodville had seized £1O,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 20 | He 'd seen what Madge Grimsilk had done for Therese in Maritza , and had savagely braced himself to give no sign , no indication of anything when he saw her Luxembourg costumes . |
| 21 | There were lots of little gems of advice that he wanted to offer his daughter , but Ian could only look blankly at her as he steeled himself to give her away . |
| 22 | You 've got somebody to give them pens . |
| 23 | The sow 's natural instinct is to build a nest of grass and leaves in which to give birth and rear her young , which she would then suckle for three months . |
| 24 | It even understands that by repeating the chorus to the fade , you give Gary Davies a perfect platform from which to give the traffic update . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This is exactly what Chancellor Norman Lamont is about to do in order to find the resources with which to give the economy its required boost . |
| 27 | And so is not theirs to give away at all . |
| 28 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
| 29 | Is she to give up being a housewife , put the children in a day-care centre and take paid work ? |
| 30 | You do n't have to make a firm commitment but obviously we like you to give us some idea of your availability . |