Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] give they " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the publicly alleged reasons were as follows … ’ and Thucydides goes on to give them : quarrels between Athens and Corinth over Corcyra and Potidaia . |
| 2 | We were like nervous children , unsure that they 'll be allowed to keep the lovely toy a relative stranger has just given them . |
| 3 | He has already given them to us . |
| 4 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 5 | Right , you 'd better give them a shout , there are n't that many actually |
| 6 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |
| 7 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 8 | The arguments of the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury carry much weight and the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East would do well to give them slightly more attention . |
| 9 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and waited , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 10 | He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together ; and walked , allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance . |
| 11 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 12 | we did , some had gone out on the plates and then I had three boxes left and I was going round giving them out . |
| 13 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 14 | Suppose so give them , I mean I do n't think they 're gon na be opened then . |
| 15 | Urgent or not , Sladen was experienced enough to give them thirty seconds of plati-tudes while they kicked their briefcases under the table , tugged at their waistcoats — both MI6 men wore them even on a hot June day — and shuffled their papers , although few of them were prepared to put much paperwork on view . |
| 16 | The latter does not like what he sees : ‘ ‘ Young men ought to be brought here to give them a horror of debauchery' ’ exclaimed the worthy man , bursting with disgust . ’ |
| 17 | And he worked hard to give them that chance . ’ |
| 18 | No call to go around giving them poisoned food . ’ |
| 19 | Go on give them to Robert , you mean thing . |
| 20 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 21 | It 's no use taking up extreme reducing diets this week if we end up giving them up next week . |
| 22 | He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted . |
| 23 | Rhoda went out to give them a piece of her mind . |
| 24 | Th th the final the final sort of sick joke was the fact that erm having having disposed of the fingers to the theatre , the hospital they 'd got this box of ice lollies so they proceeded then to give them to people ! |
| 25 | You got about five of them went round giving them to other people just so you could say that to Chris did n't you ? |
| 26 | , I think perhaps give them the , the shorter years . |
| 27 | Admittedly the referee was a foolish fellow who kept re-penalising Swansea for failing to retreat 10 yards when he did not give them the remotest chance to do so . |
| 28 | In spite of these provisions , not infrequently Courts conveyed the view that the Act did not give them power to make orders with a condition of access . |
| 29 | Their resilience and in part fortuitous revival may have been due to the slightly more permissive policies of the Popular Front government in Paris — thousands of political prisoners were released although thousands more remained in gaol — but much more seems to have been the result of the ability to rebuild an organization from the bottom up even though the advice and instructions they received from international communism meant acquiescence in policies which did not give them pre-eminent appeal as a revolutionary party . |
| 30 | The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future . |