Example sentences of "[prep] they give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’
2 ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that .
3 For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service .
4 for them to give you this kind of service !
5 All of them give you fair warning of their character by deliberately making themselves conspicuous and waving their bushy tails .
6 Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ?
7 Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ?
8 One of them gave me a basket she had made and when I lifted the lid there was a card with her name in Greek and English , and the words ‘ For You ’ … .
9 None of them gave him more than four .
10 Coloureds and Indians have tended to support the National Party — one estimate is that 60% of them gave it their backing in mid-1992 — because they saw it as a bulwark against black domination .
11 It 's just like , no two girls got expelled from my last school for drugs but I think they actually one of them gave it to the other one but they were both expelled .
12 Of test questions Er yeah , these are these are tricky , where they give you something like They give you a melting point and a boiling point whether it conducts electricity and a gas is given off which turns limewater milky .
13 I 'm having to swim them off the steamer and tow them in a dinghy to get our put the slings on them before we left the beach and just pushed them into the water and towed them off and hook the hook the into the sling and up them to give them a good wash before they went to Kirkwall .
14 You will not get the best out of the professionals you consult unless you have a realistic appreciation of what you want and intend to be open and honest enough with them to give them the facts they will need to help you .
15 It is as if the economy , the restraint of much of the writing passed over onto them to give them a curious accidental dignity .
16 It was n't fair on them to give them life .
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