Example sentences of "[subord] they give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every so often , he goes to a local hospital where they give him an injection of something , which cheers him up noticeably . |
| 2 | Whenever we need to go to and from the Institute , or even if we want to make an expedition into town , we go to the Car Office , at the hotel , where they give us deluxe transport by car , and pick us up again when we want to return . |
| 3 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 4 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 5 | Back on the recovery ship , they opened the hatch and there was Ham with his arms crossed , looking gloriously bored by the whole episode , so they gave him an apple ! |
| 6 | ( He should have won a Nobel Prize for general relativity , but the idea that space and time were curved was still regarded as too speculative and controversial , so they gave him a prize for the photoelectric effect instead — ; not that it was not worth the prize on its own account . ) |
| 7 | Some of the things he said made no sense so they gave him a crack across the head and took him away . |
| 8 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 9 | all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one |
| 10 | They twice tried owning houses but found it too expensive so they gave them away , and Charles refused to accept any of his estranged father 's estate . |
| 11 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 12 | IMC could , but there was no legal way to transfer information — so they gave me a virus and I implanted it into the starsuits . |
| 13 | The professors realized that I was doing very important work , and so they gave me my own laboratory . |
| 14 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 15 | But the others did n't want an entirely new hand on the helm , so they gave it back to Poher . |
| 16 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 17 | Pity they did n't postcard ones were n't it , so they gave it . |
| 18 | Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps . |
| 19 | Anyway , so they gave us a bottle of wine . |
| 20 | Because we have to have another door so they giving me a third off . |
| 21 | I 'm gon na lift a few mint roots Stefan and er plant them in a box of compost and put them in the warm greenhouse so they give me nice sprigs of fresh mint in a few months ' time . |
| 22 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 23 | worth a pound off so they give you ten points do they every ? |
| 24 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 25 | You 're constantly and a motorway going through your house so they give you less than the pro than the market value |
| 26 | They had to do the lot so they give us an invoice , we took it in to insurance and they 're gon na write a cheque , deduct it off that thing |
| 27 | ‘ If they gave me more money , I suppose . |
| 28 | If they gave me a first , I would go to Cambridge . |
| 29 | He was willing , if they gave him a suitable hostage to ensure their good faith , to allow Berwick ten more days of siege , whereafter , if they were not relieved by the so-called Regent , they must surrender . |
| 30 | You see the i it was er we used to make curtains then for Littlewoods , Littlewoods as it is now , they 're still , you know , the they were about the forerunners of the er tt this er catalogue business , and if they gave us an order that would last us a long time , and that usually the eight points , which was meant to say there were eight threads to an inch . |