Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce . |
| 2 | ‘ Miss Abberley used to give me these chocolates , you see , Christmas and Easter , regular as clockwork . |
| 3 | It was settled that Branson would give her the signed contract at the Roof Gardens , where all the directors of Virgin were meeting for a Christmas dinner . |
| 4 | Harry was already convinced that Ann would give him a son . |
| 5 | David will give his forthright views on a number of issues , including the state of the game in this country . |
| 6 | Ask for crisps and Peggy Sue will give you a smile of dazzling incomprehension and go : ‘ Sir ? ? ? ? ’ |
| 7 | What Miandad 's 59 did yesterday was to frustrate England 's struggling bowlers and to set a platform from which Pakistan can give themselves a match-winning lead today . |
| 8 | You feel at first that on a bad day ( there are quite a few ) Patrick might give it one of the kicks that the novelist seems about to direct at his readers . |
| 9 | Russia may give him back to me . ’ |
| 10 | The fact that this was the chosen approach of the Evil One in tempting Eve should give us a healthy respect for its subtlety and danger : ‘ Did God say … ? ’ he asked : His innocent-sounding questions about the facts of the case were designed to open up the deeper issue of God 's goodness . |
| 11 | She worried that Chris might fall and break his leg , that Annie might swallow a stone and have to go to hospital , that Alan might give himself an ulcer through working too hard . |
| 12 | Ruth 'll give me a hand . |
| 13 | I 'm going I told you they said Janice would give me lessons did n't I ? |
| 14 | and , and if ever you think of it , just think Ginny would give her back , back teeth . |
| 15 | Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours . |
| 16 | Victory for Agassi would give him relatively straightforward second and third round matches in a section of the draw bursting with qualifiers . |
| 17 | ‘ But three points against Swansea would give us seven for the week and make the draw at Rotherham a better result . |
| 18 | A referendum on Maastricht would give everyone the opportunity both to understand it and to debate its implications themselves . |
| 19 | Also , tell all those 16-bit owners to stop making fun of all us 8-bit owners or Miss W will give them 20,000 lashes ( hope you do n't mind ) . |
| 20 | FastPort will give your printers the plug and play functionality of printers that cost thousands of dollars more . |
| 21 | Planetary activity in Taurus during the first ten days in May will give your personal affairs or morale a marvellous boost , but after that complications will arise . |
| 22 | They 're in the kitchen , Joelle will give them to you if you go and ask . |
| 23 | Kim will give you the works , |
| 24 | Perhaps Lorraine will give you your . |
| 25 | British Telecom will give you an estimate of the cost of any changes you require . |
| 26 | MOTORSPORT : Benetton will give their B193 Formula One car its racing debut at next week 's South African Grand Prix — and then replace it with an even newer model after just three races . |
| 27 | Wincanton winner Sun Surfer will give him plenty to do , but Grand Hawk is sure to have learned plenty and has more scope for improvement . |
| 28 | Might I just add that if anybody does actually pay their fee by cheques erm please make it to the right department er as as Tom will give you erm the co the correct er name for for your cheque . |
| 29 | Before you go , Sister Clarey will give you a Vitalograph to test your lungs to make sure you have n't inhaled any harmful vapours from this stuff . ’ |
| 30 | He 'll give him a greater measure of liberty even so , if Harry 'll give his parole , but Harry 'll give him nothing short of a dagger . |