Example sentences of "[pron] give [pers pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall I give you coins as well ? |
| 2 | I give them lollipops , so they perform enthusiastically , showing us the speed of their boats as they skiff them through the water and how many stones they can carry before sinking . |
| 3 | As I take them off I give them names , the names of people and the names of things . |
| 4 | ‘ I give him sweets , ’ said Lee . |
| 5 | oh I tell ya , I got there , I buy a couple , Sally buys 'em because I , I give 'em tapes , I do n't ask him , but he 's one of these blokes unless he buys you one he 'll take a funny |
| 6 | After all the fuss you made about my giving you roses , should n't you put them in water first ? ’ |
| 7 | And I gave them loads of money , |
| 8 | His Spanish was almost non-existent , and he did not know how to study a foreign language , so I gave him lessons . |
| 9 | I gave him books in return , but I do not remember the titles . |
| 10 | Instead of explaining what I was doing , I gave him details of the expedition typed out in French . |
| 11 | It 's part it 's part of your pack Desmond , I gave you papers and you should have in it erm |
| 12 | Catherine and me gave you Coke and I gave you loads this morning . |
| 13 | I gave you guidelines , and that 's all . |
| 14 | You 've got somebody to give them pens . |
| 15 | Birchfield jump coach Kevin Reeves insisted that blacks possessed ‘ a muscular structure ’ which gave them advantages in power events , where short , explosive bursts of uncontrolled energy were needed . |
| 16 | Danes are in effect voting on a deal negotiated at last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh , which gave them opt-outs on sensitive issues such as a common currency , joint security , police controls and citizenship rules . |
| 17 | Prior to that date , however , some of the greater landowners , as lords of regality , maintained private courts which gave them opportunities to attract lawyer-freeholders to their service and hence to their political interest . |
| 18 | Dr Macdonald was consulted on a series of cases which gave him clues to what was to become an accepted theory . |
| 19 | My brew for this breeding attempt was to be tap water , rain water and tap water filtered through peat in equal measures , which gave me readings of 6pH and 2DH |
| 20 | Having been disinherited by his father he finds employment at a fashionable hairdresser 's which gives him materials for composing ‘ those brilliant efforts of genius , his fashionable novels ’ . |
| 21 | D I R slash S , which gives you sub-directories . |
| 22 | Can you give me instructions for laying cold roll macadam ? |
| 23 | Could you give me examples of why you think I 'm ignorant or stupid ? ’ |
| 24 | Marianne Tranter , a psychiatric social worker at the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond Street , London , told the audience of nurses and social workers that abused children are ‘ seduced ’ by paedophiles who give them rewards and make threats about disclosure . |
| 25 | But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But you give him presents . ’ |
| 27 | He says you give me ideas . |
| 28 | I 'm counting on you to give me children , and I wo n't have a slur on their legitimacy . ’ |
| 29 | He had given it up for his very inferior car when he started courting Big Brenda out of the Biology lab — Biological Brenda , as Preston called her , who gave them lessons on sex , and no doubt Sam as well . |
| 30 | The five of us ate Jonjoli ( which tasted like seaweed with onion ) and chips and drank lots of Russian Manavi wine and chatted to several rowdy locals , who gave us bunches of flowers and told what they thought about living in Georgia . |