Example sentences of "[conj] give them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 2 | You will have to be ruthless if you find that they do n't press successfully , and either move them to another site in the garden , or give them to someone else . |
| 3 | Or give them to a nearby playgroup or primary school , which will welcome any old cards that the children can cut up for collages . |
| 4 | Er I 've done the slips and given them to Margaret to be . |
| 5 | After his death Mona had found the keys on the floor in the secretary 's room and given them to Maureen . |
| 6 | Fifty years after the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove , JD Lang wrote of Australia 's Aborigines : ‘ ( we have ) despoiled them of their land , and given them in exchange European vice and European disease in every foul and fatal form … ’ |
| 7 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 8 | Take decisions away from bureaucracies and give them to people : that is the principle . |
| 9 | I fancy some of the sailors , having relatives gardeners , seeing these plants so carefully boxed up , took them for rarities ; so were tempted to steal them and give them to their friends . ’ |
| 10 | The witches , as the followers of Baal , take the attributes and names of God and give them to other powers or to false gods . |
| 11 | The problem with approaching children 's reading from a ‘ classics ’ approach — identify the best , the books ‘ of transparently permanent greatness ’ ( Rosenheim , 1980 , p.5 1 ) and give them to the children — is that it places emphasis on the book , on the literary work , and not on the needs and tastes of the individual reader . |
| 12 | Set down ten pairs of cards , pick them up in a pack and give them to onlookers to cut a few times . |
| 13 | TAKE THE TABLETS OF STONE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND GIVE THEM TO THE PEOPLE . ’ |
| 14 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 15 | He was older so I listened to him , so I 'd shoplift all these things and give them to him . ’ |
| 16 | Using the Public Windows Interface self-certification kits promised next month , independent software vendors which find their application(s) do n't run are being asked look at the source , find the undocumented Windows calls being made and give them to Sun which will add them to the PWI specification . |
| 17 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 18 | So I I would erm you know , quite often get bags of clothes , and s we sorted them out , and give them to people with erm quite large families and erm we used to also get some for the tenants ' association for the jumble sales . |
| 19 | Committee Members are asked to write out two or three questions for the Gardeners Roadshow and give them to Ruth Wilson at or before the next committee meeting . |
| 20 | You could write them down and give them to your next of kin or a close friend . |
| 21 | Committee Members are asked to write out two or three questions for the Gardeners Roadshow and give them to Ruth Wilson at or before the next committee meeting . |
| 22 | In fact you might as well sign the lot and give them to me . ’ |
| 23 | erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend |
| 24 | Have a tin of , have a pack of my chocolates and give them to Gail , and give them to that to Beverley . |
| 25 | Have a tin of , have a pack of my chocolates and give them to Gail , and give them to that to Beverley . |
| 26 | I do n't really want ano , sickly , take them home and give them to Paul |
| 27 | I said well what the hell 's she doing Arthur , if she do n't want them tell her to come , send them in here I said and give them to the kids . |
| 28 | Cos I got them out and I thought I must take them downstairs and give them to Maggie for her to give them to Gary . |
| 29 | I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ? |
| 30 | ‘ Here you are then , ’ said the boy , taking the wire-cutters out of his pocket and giving them to Philip . |