Example sentences of "[det] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hull was presumably steel ; it was this that gave her a rust-streaked look under the dirty coating of ice and snow . |
| 2 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 3 | She sometimes remembered this and gave it thought . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you had obtained this and gave it to … er … |
| 5 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 6 | When I see the kid alive , I dismantle this and give you the stones . |
| 7 | Yeah yeah might as well I 'll make the mincemeat , mince pies this and give you some Ann that 'll save you doing them , wo n't it ? |
| 8 | And she 's giving it , do you want a chocolate bar ? it 's poison I break it in half and give it to Geraldine first . |
| 9 | That cut our speed some and gave me thinking time , but the traffic seemed to consist entirely of black cabs and VW Golfs full of party-hoppers . |
| 10 | erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend |
| 11 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 12 | And there are those who have little and give it all . |
| 13 | ( He cuts approximately half from each and gives them to Mona . ) |
| 14 | Okay , we could have measured that and given it as part of a spec listing , but because it really did n't feel any different ( probably because its fingerboard width , radius and frets echoed most of the competition ) that fact was rendered almost inconsequential . |
| 15 | you have to fill in the rest of that and give it back to me . |
| 16 | If you made it and laid down them the the man that was doing it , he 'd only to lift that and give it a twine and on to the next . |
| 17 | Emily noticed that and gave him and herself a sherry . |
| 18 | It is only recently that I discovered that we are all born potentially good , demanding love and wanting nothing more than to give it in return . |
| 19 | Feeling battered in mind and body by the time Laura announced that she felt able to take a break — and how about an early lunch ? — Anita could do no more than give her a dumb nod of agreement . |
| 20 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 21 | I mean they 'll , they 'll try one of those and give it up . |
| 22 | Also any that gave her the wrong kind of buzz . |