Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] give [pers pn] " 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 Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’
4 Now a young man in the prime of his life is dead , and no-one has given us any official advice or information .
5 I asked to give him a lead .
6 Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ?
7 I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’
8 I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done .
9 Uncle says to nephew : ‘ I intend to give you my shares in the Super Company on your twenty-first birthday .
10 I vill give you a game of dominoes , and if you vin … vell , den I buy you a drink .
11 I got to give him to you hold it
12 I got to give you two eights .
13 I got to give you the cello .
14 So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible .
15 When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it .
16 Camilla : I vow to give him up
17 Would I need to give you a lift home do you think ?
18 I tried to give him a withering look .
19 I tried to give her the kiss of life .
20 If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps .
21 Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art .
22 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 .
23 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 . ’
24 ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny .
25 the reason I propose giving he has to do is come
26 in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work .
27 I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left .
28 Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’
29 If people want to kill themselves , that 's their affair , but when they come here I want to give them food which will do them food rather than harm .
30 I want to give them back their life . ’
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