Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 2 | This makes it vomit and gives it diarrhoea , so you 're flushing the toxins out of both ends . |
| 3 | We did n't know whether to give it to her or not . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think that gives you some kind of hold over me ? |
| 5 | I gathered , however , that they expected it to continue to get worse and that there was nothing they could do except give me vitamins . |
| 6 | Conference , I ask you , with that response what does that hold for our social services within our communities and how hopelessly helpless we must feel that given we will certainly not ? |
| 7 | If the lord abbot agrees , I hope you will stay and give us the benefit of your judgement . |
| 8 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 9 | Erm we do try and be nice to them we do try and give them presents occasionally like little , you may have seen some of them wearing little lions head badges which er are part of the arms of William that we had made . |
| 10 | Yeah but its , you got ta try and give them instead of putting the law first , not |
| 11 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 12 | We 're going to make use of this moonless period , but we 'll try and give you a practice run over the ladder before the big night . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll try and give you an example . |
| 14 | Let me try and give you an example . |
| 15 | I 'll try and give you some back . |
| 16 | Yeah okay well I 'll I 'll try and give you five minutes before eleven o'clock so er so you can nip over to the video room or wherever it 's being played . |
| 17 | So I 'll try and give you an idea some time tomorrow morning of the of the situation . |
| 18 | That 'll mean that gives you plenty of time to get up and get moving |
| 19 | We 're out there riding as hard as we can and if that gives any of the supporters any sort of er consolation , I do n't know if it does or not , but it — we 're really giving our best all the time and er win , lose or draw you 'll always find us every time we 've got a doing our best and er although often some people might shout and scream and give us a hard time , er it 's not for , for lack of trying , I mean nobody wants to finish last and er me even more than most , so just get behind us and shout and scream and we 'll try our hardest . |
| 20 | In cases of mild illness , such as coughs and colds , often all you can do is let children rest and give them over-the-counter medication to relieve pain or fever and help them to sleep . |
| 21 | Tell you what , I 'll go and give them a hand ! |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’ |
| 23 | He would go and give her his answer right away . |
| 24 | Why do n't you go and give him a surprise , actually pay your husband some attention for once , eh ? ’ |
| 25 | I 'd go and give him a hand but I do not like ladders Fun is n't it ? |
| 26 | I think we should go and give him a hand . |
| 27 | I have n't yet no , but I think he 's outside mixing cement , we said we 'd go and give him a hand to put his posts in |
| 28 | I let go and gave her a clip round the ear . |
| 29 | When I 've found out when she can come and give me a hand , I 'll give you a ring . ’ |
| 30 | She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle . |