Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] give [prep] " in BNC.

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1 No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards .
2 I am sure that you will give him the same affirmation and support you gave to me when I arrived .
3 Financial management advice and services has continued to be provided by Napier University Ventures Limited and I would take this opportunity to thank Ed Angus and all his staff for the hard work and support they give to the Enterprise Centre .
4 The work and support they gave to the Enterprise Centre was greatly appreciated .
5 Things which had bewildered him were clear as crystal , problems which had daunted and defied him gave like locks opening to the right key .
6 Polluted water often smells , and a serious and persistent pollution may turn a stream anaerobic , causing it to give off hydrogen sulphide , with its familiar odour of rotten eggs .
7 For his sake then let us give of our best , in every sense of that term .
8 If this card is an instruction card it must be obeyed by the person asking the question , the instruction card is then placed at the bottom of the pack , instruction cards are ren randomly mixed with the question cards and can change directions of play , make you give to the player to the left one of your cards etcetera , if a player has more than it does n't say .
9 But that end you ought to have had a firm , if not wholly clear idea of from the earliest thought you gave to your story .
10 That is why we have designated this Sunday as a Pledge Day and asked our people to pledge what they believe God is calling them to give towards the Project over the next few years .
11 They probably , they probably get it given to you on your school pizzas
12 And now my family have offered forty-nine cattle to his family , but the government will not take them to give to his family in England . ’
13 ‘ Whatever this patient 's origins or inclinations , she is entitled to the same care and respect we give to all the others on the ward .
14 Er marble chippings on effervesces it gives off carbon dioxide .
15 ‘ And no matter what hurt it gives to other people , I presume . ’
16 Land he gave to St Augustine 's , Canterbury , in 689 , which had come to him from his parents , had been confirmed in his possession by King Athelred ( CS 73 : S 12 ) .
17 I got it given to me so er if you think it 's a different one you can tell me .
18 How much time each week do you give to finding out what your partner is thinking and feeling over matters which concern him or her ?
19 What actual details do we give to you ?
20 People did n't have much to give but what they gave they gave with a good heart you know .
21 The slight upwards twist he gave to the bottle took the place of the wry smile he would never allow himself to give .
22 ‘ What reason did he give for that ? ’
23 If so , who was the other writer , and where can we find where he said it , and what references did he give for the statement ?
24 ‘ You mean what he gave he gave to you freely ? ’
25 And I 'm not prepared to go on paying three thousand a year renting it to give to him when I could be buying one myself .
26 And what reason does he give for thinking that ?
27 What reassurance does it give to people who might suffer damage due to a change in groundwater level when the Bill permits the Secretary of State to weaken the groundwater provisions ?
28 Please help us to give by providing us with this work .
29 What name have you given to the Water Hen which migrates to us yearly — or which did migrate last year and the year before .
30 What choice have you given to the hundred thousand people , hundred thousand people , whose mortgages have been repossessed , who have been made homeless by the policies of your Government ?
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