Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children . |
| 2 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 3 | Naturally , the other people appeared and something would crop up which made me Plan to give their adventures an airing in a future book . |
| 4 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 5 | I still have n't given , that 's reminded me seeing Shona there , I , I do n't think I 've given her that pair of trousers and the sweatshirt and I told her that I 've got them . |
| 6 | He gives it very well , and he 's on on his way to an evening engagement , and the professor , says I 'm feeling very tired tonight , and I do n't think I want to give er , th the talk , but I do n't know , I I obviously I have to go , the chauffeur said , no problem , he said , all we need is to change hats , I 've heard you give that same talk so many times , I would actually give it . |
| 7 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 8 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 9 | ‘ Have you forgotten I have to give my approval before you lay your hands on a penny of it ? |
| 10 | What sort of build-up d' ya want to give me d' ya want people to have of you . |
| 11 | Why d' ya decided to give some contact . |
| 12 | If the Council 's Temporary Press Officer , who had been appointed solely to deal with the alleged child abuse controversy , had been given such confidential information , she said , they wanted to know who had given it to him . |
| 13 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 14 | Completer finisher well if you want something done give it to the completer finisher . |
| 15 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 16 | Now both say they want to give their marriage another chance . |
| 17 | He did n't know he had to give him a little verbal back . |
| 18 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 19 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 20 | ‘ And he did n't know what had given it to you … ’ |
| 21 | I would not know what orders to give my men . |
| 22 | Various methods of locating sites have therefore been developed which attempt to give a better idea of a site 's layout . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’ |
| 24 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 25 | I hope I 've given you the motivation — and confidence — to go out and develop your own personal communication style to its full potential . |
| 26 | Oh I 'm getting a cold here and I 'm ha but I hope I 've given it to Pete you watch ! |
| 27 | I hope I have given some idea of what a single neuron with its trigger feature and projective zone an accomplish , and now I must explain a bit about the neocortex , which is the stage on which neurons perform to bring about higher mental processes . |
| 28 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) would seem to suggest all the experience I have gained and the help and support I have given to young children has no value . |
| 29 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |
| 30 | After chatting to the veterans for several minutes , the prince turned to an aide and joked : ‘ I hope we have given the right medals to the right people . ’ |