Example sentences of "give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They both took up together , ‘ We give Thee thanks , O Almighty God , for all Thy bounty which we have received through Christ Our Lord who liveth and reigneth world without end , amen . ’ |
| 2 | We give thee to smoke … |
| 3 | Hear me , O Manito , I give thee to smoke . |
| 4 | My finishing-school clothes list : One pair plimsolls , one pair best silk stockings , one Liberty bodice , amen , we give Thee most humble and hearty thanks , we Thine unworthy servants . |
| 5 | You complain about your friends never coming to see you , but when they do come , you give them such a hard time it 's hardly surprising they stay away . |
| 6 | When feeding fish , give them high-protein food and a supplement of dried daphnia each day . |
| 7 | Check the bowls periodically and give them enough water if necessary to keep the compost evenly damp . |
| 8 | Gliders have very low stick forces and the lower flying speeds give them a very high rate of pitch . |
| 9 | Give them the confidence that comes from knowing that you care , and will help if they have problems of any sort . |
| 10 | Motability has arranged special schemes with motor manufacturers , wheelchair manufacturers , insurance brokers , and other so that today a variety of schemes can be offered which not only help disabled people become mobile but also give them a chance to be truly independent . |
| 11 | The conference was also told that as an alternative to the expense of sending officers to university , it was proposed to ‘ direct officers to research a particular problem … and give them a short period to carry out intensive research ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Och — give them a dose of Archibald Menzies 's medicine . |
| 13 | treat employees sympathetically if they relapse and give them another chance if they take advice and undergo treatment |
| 14 | But there never could be such an observer — at least not if his thought-processes were to be analysed in the same way as ours — because his thoughts about the relations of the particulars would themselves be just a succession of particulars whose relations , which give them meaning , were not directly accessible to him . |
| 15 | Only an idealized observer could see both the inner processing and the causal relations of the symbols to outside objects that give them meaning : no one could actually be that idealized observer , because each observer is confined to operating on the symbols that are within his computational machinery , and this excludes their external causal relations . |
| 16 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 17 | We book them into the Seaview and the Esplanade and give them a comradely nosh-up at the Claremont . |
| 18 | If these things happen we 'll say to our people : ‘ Give them a chance . |
| 19 | The key issues for the future are how to sustain the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers , and give them the support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 20 | Almost always the company will pay the artist 's recording expenses , give them a small advance and choose and pay the producer . |
| 21 | Of course , there are changes in the public sector , changes in organisation — indeed government finds it an almost irresistible temptation to tinker with its machinery , merge departments , break them up and give them new titles . |
| 22 | ‘ Choose people well , train them well , give them their heads , but you have to monitor their performance as well , , he advises . |
| 23 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 24 | Though if you give them enough notice they can do almost anything … |
| 25 | Our new world industry correspondent , Richard Feast , casts a critical eye over recent motor show offerings , and concludes that Japan 's ‘ lean ’ production methods give them the opportunity to offer imaginative and stimulating new models |
| 26 | The most important thing for any parent who suspects that the father or mother of their child will try to take them , is to make sure they give them no opportunity . |
| 27 | When they stop I give them a clap , but no one else does . |
| 28 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 29 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
| 30 | Intermediate Technology enables poor people in the Third World to develop and use technologies and methods which give them more control over their lives and which contribute to the long-term development of their communities . |