Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
2 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
5 | Now a young man in the prime of his life is dead , and no-one has given us any official advice or information . |
6 | I asked to give him a lead . |
7 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
8 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
9 | ‘ I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’ |
10 | I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done . |
11 | Uncle says to nephew : ‘ I intend to give you my shares in the Super Company on your twenty-first birthday . |
12 | I vill give you a game of dominoes , and if you vin … vell , den I buy you a drink . |
13 | I got to give him to you hold it |
14 | I got to give you two eights . |
15 | I got to give you the cello . |
16 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
17 | When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it . |
18 | Camilla : I vow to give him up |
19 | Would I need to give you a lift home do you think ? |
20 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
21 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
22 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
23 | Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art . |
24 | ‘ I tried to give you time , ’ he groaned into her hair , then , with a moan of desire to match her own , she felt him return to her , and then all the rest was heaven . |
25 | My friend , you say only a merlan , I say give me your whiting and I will create a masterpiece — a soufflé de merlan à la Didier . ’ |
26 | As I am fully conscious of the importance of preserving national unity , I propose to give your Government complete support in the vigorous prosecution of the War ; but unity without action is nothing but futile carnage , and I can not be responsible for that . |
27 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
28 | the reason I propose giving he has to do is come |
29 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
30 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |