Example sentences of "[vb mod] give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She will , my dear , I promise , but you must give her a chance . |
| 2 | So I must give her a ring this week actually . |
| 3 | " People are always telling other people to do that kind of thing , " said Clelia , " it must give them a vicarious thrill . |
| 4 | ‘ But those other poor souls , whoever they are , we must give them a decent burial . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We must give him a name until we know who he really is , ’ she said . |
| 6 | ‘ They must give him a chance . |
| 7 | Your employer must give you a written statement when making a redundancy payment , showing how the amount is calculated , unless the amount of payment has already been fixed by the decision of an industrial tribunal . |
| 8 | ‘ I must give you a reason for fighting . |
| 9 | If your sight test shows that you need glasses the optician must give you a prescription . |
| 10 | If you do n't need glasses the optician must give you a statement saying that . |
| 11 | More positively , from South Africa comes the observation that music 's power to unite must give it a role in a country where at least twelve languages are spoken . |
| 12 | That must give us a message . |
| 13 | Yer should give 'im a good talking to , if yer want my opinion . ’ |
| 14 | Like a public speaker you should give yourself a chance to collect your thoughts and your audience a chance to collect theirs . |
| 15 | When it seemed that the treatment was over , Freud suggested the patient should give him a present ‘ so that the feeling of gratitude would n't become too strong ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ He should give him a run of five or six matches to show what he can do . |
| 17 | He 'll be in the office this week , so you should give him a call . |
| 18 | ‘ That should give him a good laugh . ’ |
| 19 | They pass the ball sweetly , create space effortlessly , and in Alemao , Branco , Valdo , Dunga , Mozer and Jorginho possess players who should give them a formidable momentum next summer . |
| 20 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 21 | A Well I phoned this help line about the council tax and they were really helpful my bill was a lot cheaper than the original estimate , maybe you should give them a call ? |
| 22 | You should give them a ring and tell them if you saw a strange man . |
| 23 | Winter should give me a taste of it . |
| 24 | Should give me a sweet you know . |
| 25 | Should give me a sweet you know . |
| 26 | Well but they should give her a soli , the name of a solicitor . |
| 27 | ‘ You should give yourselves a chance , you really should . |
| 28 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ The results of the experiment should give us a better understanding of the way that normal growth takes place in plants and will also help to provide information for the design of plant-based life-support systems , ’ Dr Briarty explained . |