Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] give [pron] the " 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 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 If the lord abbot agrees , I hope you will stay and give us the benefit of your judgement .
6 To vanish and give herself the chance to rebuild her life .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Show us what you want us to do and give us the strength to submit our will to yours .
10 ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’
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