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

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1 Mum can I give one to Robert when he comes out of school ?
2 Mum can I give one to Robert when he comes out of school ?
3 Why should I give anything to Perks ?
4 I gave one to Jackie and not heard whether she 's had it or not .
5 Tonight , I gave everything to you , everything .
6 I mean if you go it 's normally I chat about two lectures on that and you give lots of examples .
7 After handing me a glass she gave one to Reid , and then , as though unthinkingly , straightened the fringe of hair round the back of his neck .
8 Pouring the tea into two thick white mugs , she gave one to her friend .
9 Then when she had twins she gave one to her married sister .
10 She gave one to Athelstan and pressed the other into Sir John 's great paw .
11 She walked and walked , up Shaftesbury Avenue , Holborn Viaduct , she gave nothing to buskers , veterans of the Great War , gassed blind , missing limbs , clinking cups , Cheapside , Threadneedle , Bishopsgate to Spitalfields .
12 We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘
13 We took them down to Max 's Kansas City and gave one to Micky Ruskin the owner , we gave one to the DJ ; and we gave one to Lisa Robinson , the reporter .
14 We took them down to Max 's Kansas City and gave one to Micky Ruskin the owner , we gave one to the DJ ; and we gave one to Lisa Robinson , the reporter .
15 And the pensioners go down to this bungalow free , and it 's in lovely spot and we gave something like two thousand pound for it .
16 But the , the dictionary of the nineties you see , they give one to every age group , but not unless , there 's no point in giving one to anybody particularly
17 Then they give somebody like her that single parent girl , Vera , a bloody big double house !
18 Of course he was the genuine article , a great champion whose pride would not allow him to give anything but his best .
19 They gave everyone around them a more unpleasant outlook on life .
20 Will it give lots of success or just a little ?
21 He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself .
22 He gives nothing on a corporate basis , believing shareholders should decide what to do with their dividends .
23 He gives something to Anna .
24 He gave one to Corbett before sitting down opposite , sipping from his own cup as if he had all the time in the world .
25 They pushed one man forward and he gave something to Silver .
26 Until eighteen months ago Wiltshire was the most undermanned force in this country , and that 's not our figures , that was the Home Office formula which produced that , and because of that eighteen months ago the Home Secretary actually granted this force an extra sixty- seven policemen and he gave none to anybody else .
27 Then he gave lots of statistics about the number of Christians killed by Mohammedans , and vice versa . ’
28 The Toshiba radar rainfall monitoring system is designed to alert local governments to unexpectedly heavy rainfall , so it gives plenty of advance warning for extra drainage and emergency pumps .
29 Powerful though the clam 's muscles are , it can not slam its valves shut , only heave them slowly together , so it gives plenty of notice of its intentions .
30 It gives nothing to those who have no choice . ’
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