Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The doctor had been in and given her some sleeping pills .
2 Overseas exploration and colonial settlement opened up vistas of fabulous riches ; the existence of the barbarians could no longer just be taken for granted ; they had to be fitted in and given their proper place in the ordinary man 's picture of world geography .
3 ‘ After we lost in Moscow , I ushered the team back into the locker room and locked the door before any administrators could get in and give them a load of bull about how well we had done to run the mighty red machine so close .
4 I 'll just pop in and give them a good scare .
5 These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies .
6 but they do sort of come in and give you some idea do n't they ?
7 The wards were very very bare and the families look after the patients , they come in and give them food and erm do a lot more for them than er they do in this country and erm there were two wards out of eight for tuberculosis , for T B , cos that 's a very big problem out in Kenya .
8 When he come in and give him a big kiss .
9 Yes , for twenty shillings I 'll take her in and give her house-room .
10 And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it .
11 Bring him in and give me a shout .
12 Her response was , ‘ You 'd better come in and give it to her yourself . ’
13 If you have , I will buy the house you live in and give it to you . ’
14 We do get work from individuals , I said we have an open policy and people come through with problems that they 've got because they know us and some we take up , we try and be helpful and , and take up individual problems and then we have a two way relationship with community groups and last and not , not , not least , we , we live across the corridor from the General Manager and he 's always flying in and giving us work as well .
15 Automatically , she led them in and gave them their feed .
16 He stood up when she came in and gave her a big friendly smile .
17 Alice and Unice came in and gave her little nods , and sat down and knitted .
18 The farmer 's wife invited us in and gave us cheesy , potato turnovers — it would not be polite to refuse .
19 Finally he got so used to me calling that he asked me to come down and give them a hand fixing it up .
20 Money never conspired between them , between , they just all would come down and give you a hand and that was it .
21 so I said right I 'll come down and give you a you a hand with it and it was the re-dedication or re-commissioning of a ship
22 Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance
23 Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance
24 We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff .
25 For the first time she sat down and gave him her whole attention .
26 Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing .
27 The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out .
28 I wrote it all down and gave it to a solicitor .
29 I sort of kneel down and give her a touch on the shoulder .
30 Sit down and give me the time I need to explain everything to you ? ’
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