Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him . |
| 2 | I carried mine , then I put it in my pocket and further along the route I gave it to someone in the crowd . ’ |
| 3 | I mean , after all the shit I gave them they 've really stood by me and me girlfriend as well . |
| 4 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 5 | The rain was pelting him relentlessly and he may have been as well to have had no clothes at all for all the protection his gave him . |
| 6 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 7 | But I said I am the money I gave him his first flying lesson , I paid for it , like I bought his first three cars . |
| 8 | ‘ An' where 's the money I gave yer fer the pictures ? ’ he demanded . |
| 9 | He is still at sea with the silver I gave him to discover fresh treasure . |
| 10 | Yes it 's great , I mean in the first year lecture on Tuesday erm in the break I gave them in the middle of it the the corridor was like thick with tobacco smoke y'know you could hardly |
| 11 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 12 | it opens the door , it opens the door , that 's why both my younger girls , I mean Diane 's a different policy any way cos she wants to be a , but with the other two , who worked interest in computers and when they left college I gave them crash course in , in typing not in shorthand because they do n't they do n't need shorthand nowadays , |
| 13 | The greatest pleasure I gave him was the fact that nobody knew about me . |
| 14 | Regulatory agencies , however , are typically vested with a broad legal mandate which gives them discretion to establish standards marking out legally acceptable and unacceptable behaviour ( see Lowi , 1979 ) . |
| 15 | According to the theory of universal grammar , children start outlife with a universal grammar or language ‘ blueprint ’ in the mind which gives them some idea of the form that any language will take . |
| 16 | She was suffering from a stiff neck which gave her pain whenever she turned her head . |
| 17 | The name Fleet was an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘ tidal inlet ’ and the principle sources of the water flowing into the River Fleet , were the heights of Hampstead Heath , also the grounds of Kenwood House at Highgate , all joining just north of Camden Town , and flowing south to join the River Thames , close to the Blackfriars monastery which gave its name to the bridge over the Thames at that point . |
| 18 | In other words , it is the poll tax crossed with a capital value tax — a roof tax crossed with a head tax — a cross-bred monster which gives us the worst of all worlds . |
| 19 | One , it was true , still sported a bruise which gave her a rather raffish air , but it was already fading . |
| 20 | They lack the experience and practice which gives them the ability to communicate with the public : they lack common sense . |
| 21 | And yet there is no special ideological practice which gives us the idea of it . |
| 22 | The other major concern for women is about finding ways of living which give us more independence , more control over our own lives , and more self worth than is frequently the experience of women in subordination to men . |
| 23 | BRITISH STEEL yesterday snapped up the country 's biggest steel stockholding company in a £330m deal which gives it control of 20 per cent of the UK market and turns two Lancashire businessmen into millionaires many times over . |
| 24 | Now when it asks you for the sample statement , ah done it , right before , it will ask you for the sample statement er over what period would you like to estimate this equation , right instead of pressing the return key which gives you the default , right , if you specify nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty sorry just a a dash between it like that nineteen twenty three space nineteen forty okay it asks you for the number of observations to be used in the structural stability tests , right , erm if you er press the default er if you press the return key then it should give you the maximum number available right five observations in this case right and then it will perform the regression over the entire sample period , those will be the results you obtain , right , it will also er present Chow erm test statistics . |
| 25 | Two years earlier , Vlitos had persuaded T&L to investigate artificial sweeteners , and to spend £250,000 collecting katemfe berries grown in Ghana to extract the protein which gave them their intense sweetness . |
| 26 | For , if he decides that the wooden hut is a building , he is in effect adding an interpretation clause to the statute which gives ‘ building ’ an extended application ; whereas if he decides that the hut is not a building , he adds a clause to the statute which gives it a narrower meaning . |
| 27 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 28 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 29 | Now this will definitely test your listening skills and , I know it 's getting late in the afternoon and you 've had a heavy meal , but you really do have to concentrate because the feedback you give him is now , or her rather , is now vitally important , okay , cos you have n't got a second bite of the cherry . |
| 30 | ‘ But I loved all that beautiful furniture and the tea she gave us . |