Example sentences of "[adv] give [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 2 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 3 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 4 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 5 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 6 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 7 | But then I mean come and saw me once , you see , when I was n't there like that and he he tested from top to bottom , he said well ar ar after we sit and talked , and like he said well I better give you the once over , I said th er , certainly . |
| 8 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 9 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 10 | Making a test piece will not only give you the correct tension but will also show up how often you need to cross the cables . |
| 11 | A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions . |
| 12 | Wallace and Deane look like the ideal combination as once they start passing to wallace it makes space for deane to also run into space so give HIM the variety too . |
| 13 | Houseplants , like the rest of us , enjoy a summer holiday , so give them the benefit of a spell in the fresh air — they 'll love it . |
| 14 | Only give you the name of a good solicitor . ’ |
| 15 | Hence , we not only need to eat and drink , but we also enjoy it ; and friendships not only give us the security of being in a group , but also pleasure . |
| 16 | But organisation charts only give us the bare bones of the organisation 's structure and we should not be carried away with the idea that official descriptions tell us all . |
| 17 | , I think perhaps give them the , the shorter years . |
| 18 | The wide strip will contain a language pattern which is well known to the pupils , eg give him the large book . |
| 19 | The owner of one of the most spiritual voices in music , he 's seen success beckon before only to give him the finger once he started to trust . |
| 20 | A detailed planning budget for both capital and operating accounts must now be prepared not only to give you the information you require for your own plans , but also as the main evidence to persuade the Bank Manager to finance your endeavours . |
| 21 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 22 | It is not enough to give him the facts . |
| 23 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 24 | Alistair Scott and John Shrewsbury were kind enough to give me the opportunity to work with the BBC and I hope to have the privilege again . |
| 25 | ‘ I know fighting Bowe would be exciting because it would be a rematch of the Olympic final and no doubt he 'll be gracious enough to give me the chance to fight him again , ’ he jibed , tongue in cheek . |
| 26 | If we can reduce our weight to around that of our youth and eat well enough to give us the energy to work and live our lives to the full , we will all benefit . |
| 27 | My chances of getting my hands on it long enough to give it the once-over were minimal , and I did n't fancy trying to steal it off Harley . |
| 28 | d'Compress is a compression program that runs under Windows , so giving you the advantages of drag and drop , point and click , and the avoidance of that nasty DOS thing . |
| 29 | Yeah , but you 're only giving us the |
| 30 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |