Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 2 | I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud . |
| 3 | I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that . |
| 4 | Ma'am , sir I should say , erm Mr makes certain comments about there are doubts about whether this scheme will go forward , we have been in contact with Department of Transport , again to try and give you the correct factual position . |
| 5 | Baptiste , run and ask your mother to come and give me a hand , would you ? |
| 6 | " Perhaps you would be ready to come and give me a fitting on Friday afternoon ? " |
| 7 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
| 8 | just so many bits and pieces to do , I need to come and get this to come and give me some further comments |
| 9 | And they used to come and give us the pattern , what the butler got to lay on the table ; the tea-service would be the same pattern as the tablecloth was . |
| 10 | If in pain control , you were in control of your own pain , you have less than if it were a set wait every four hours for us to come and give you a tablet . |
| 11 | Oh they 're going to come and give you another quote or something you said ? |
| 12 | They had to go and give him some support and they put up quite a good fight . |
| 13 | And er , Margot was behind the and they were painting her house and somebody fell and she had to go and give them artificial respiration or something did n't she ? |
| 14 | I can do nothing to help except give them good references and a few quid to tide them over . |
| 15 | There was unemployment going about and the man that had a certain job at making certain things were n't to keen to show the apprentice what to do or give them the recipes . |
| 16 | Nor did I meet you here to be angry with you , I hope I have not so offended you that you refuse to officiate and give us your instructions here tomorrow |
| 17 | You 've got to give them a very specific task to do and give them the support and the materials to do it with and make sure it happens so that when they turn up at 3 o ’ clock , it 's set up to go . |
| 18 | Show us what you want us to do and give us the strength to submit our will to yours . |
| 19 | We 're running out of time as usual , so if I can just come to that final line to you to consider and give me some views on them before you go . |
| 20 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 21 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 22 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
| 23 | Oh do you have to sing and give us all a headache |
| 24 | Anyway , one of them told me to stay and gave me a raffle ticket . |
| 25 | Troilus has nothing which is obviously valuable to defend or give him guidance . |
| 26 | This exercise should help to clarify the kind of theoretical and practical knowledge you need to update and give you valuable insight into the nature of the job before you return to practice safely and enjoyably . |
| 27 | They used to shape and give it a seam down the back . |
| 28 | Drama school is n't going to teach anybody to act but it does give the vital techniques with which to act and gives you a chance to make mistakes , experiment and find out about yourself . |
| 29 | It was still dark and cold , so , to raise their spirits , they sang a hymn to the sun-god , the great Daybog , calling on him to rise and give them warmth and light . |