Example sentences of "[conj] give [pron] [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 | ‘ Do you eat the food I bring you , or give it to Rosa 's kids ? ’ |
| 5 | You can keep it at home with other important papers , or give it to your executor , your professional adviser , or your bank to look after . |
| 6 | Er the idea was we 'd be able to sell it to people or give it to people depending on whether they had any money or not I suppose by the Green Party . |
| 7 | It was partly with the new saw table and also he wanted to try and get more er sellable saleable product out of the slate , cos previously we had been throwing away quite a bit or giving it to and I think it really started as a family argument between him and his brother . |
| 8 | He then scattered it on pub floors or gave it to friends to buy drugs . |
| 9 | Or gave herself to me . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , there was a strong tendency in some constituencies for voters to " plump " for one candidate and waste their second vote , rather than give it to someone from the opposing party . |
| 11 | My father may leave everything to me , but I frankly would n't know what to do with it other than give it to Jamie . ’ |
| 12 | I , I , I personally feel that give it to solicitor and let her deal with it , because |
| 13 | It is only recently that I discovered that we are all born potentially good , demanding love and wanting nothing more than to give it in return . |
| 14 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 15 | But Whitehall should contract out as much as possible of this research to industry itself rather than giving it to government establishments . |
| 16 | you know , the money is put towards their f food and things , rather than giving it to somebody else . |
| 17 | Loathing for the other woman rose in Shae 's chest like an icy-cold wave , but she resolutely contained the feeling , staring back at her with a bland expression that gave nothing of her inner turmoil away . |
| 18 | And it was this background you see that er that er th th that gave me at least the need for to play some some part in |
| 19 | There was loads of levers and , and er er crossheads and , and different things that gave plenty of work to our colleagues er including the housing you know , which was a huge er er piece of er welded equipment you know , built into the side of the ship . |
| 20 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 21 | And yet Maurice appeared to be almost proud , because Harry was not a customer , but somebody who had demanded a favour and given nothing in return . |
| 22 | Er I 've done the slips and given them to Margaret to be . |
| 23 | After his death Mona had found the keys on the floor in the secretary 's room and given them to Maureen . |
| 24 | 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 … ’ |
| 25 | It was he actually whom Simon had asked to be the co-respondent — bogus co-respondent — when they were concocting their divorce , it was about him that the judge had scolded her and given me to Anna . |
| 26 | Okay , we could have measured that and given it as part of a spec listing , but because it really did n't feel any different ( probably because its fingerboard width , radius and frets echoed most of the competition ) that fact was rendered almost inconsequential . |
| 27 | He 'd mapped out a route for them , and given it to her to follow . |
| 28 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 661 ) , Wulfhere harried Ashdown in 661 , in which year he is also said to have attacked the Isle of Wight and given it to Aethelwealh , king of the southern Saxons . |
| 29 | When she 'd finished and given it to him , they both sat at her tiny kitchen table . |
| 30 | We found out that the sitting room had a timber panelled ceiling which had been papered over and given lots of coats of whitewash . |