Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Automatically , she led them in and gave them their feed .
2 We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff .
3 You could write them down and give them to your next of kin or a close friend .
4 ‘ The ref called me over and gave me my marching orders , ’ said Mick .
5 ‘ The ref called me over and gave me my marching orders .
6 She took them off and gave them back to him .
7 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 .
8 It 's come in in different ways , maths , English and science from Spring Gardens is separate separate sheets which we can actually take out the files and give to each department , there 's no problem there Saint John 's again , is separate sheets , Collingwood is n't , it 's actually on photocopiable sheets , we either cut them up and give them out separately in some form or whatever , and what I 've , what we hope to do over the next maybe this year is to ask them for a sheet each , for each subject that we can actually take out of the file and give to each department , so that is has arrived , it ha did arrive last year but it arrived in such hotch botch that we did n't actually give it out , but we certainly have it this year and Marian and I certainly , Marian anyway will get that together and give it out to departments .
9 , so he left it all open and I kept finding rolled up socks and of course there 's in the bottom of the airing cupboard where the tank is , and to pick them up and give them a shake and put them back again .
10 I 'll have to you 've got ta give me chance to buy papa and grandma 's grandpa 's and I can wrap them up and give them to them at the golden wedding or ca n't I ?
11 So I wrapped them up and gave them to her for her birthday .
12 ‘ Ah , well , be fair — my mother got me up and gave me breakfast , ’ Mitch said bravely .
13 And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it .
14 Bring him in and give me a shout .
15 Yes , for twenty shillings I 'll take her in and give her house-room .
16 Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing .
17 He 'd only sustained minor injuries and the drummer had patched him up and given him a pair of free tickets for an anniversary concert in Tierra del Fuego .
18 His father raised him up and gave him the kiss of peace .
19 Maybe she tied him up and gave him soft whip .
20 ‘ The fireman pulled him out and gave him oxygen . ’
21 And you need to choose a P E P manager per year , so if you 're already with one P E P manager , you 've either got to buy him out and give it to another P E P manager , or you can , you can erm er choose another one each year in other words , I do a different P E P each year , with a different manager , and that keeps everything moving so that you 've got a good spread .
22 ‘ Where did you think I was going ? ’ he asked , turning her around and giving her a little push .
23 She marched over to the desk set against the wall , and scribbled three chemical formulas on the hotel writing paper before folding it over and giving it to Mike .
24 Meet Helen , see if you like her , and then you can think it over and give me your decision later .
25 Something put his hand on Anne 's bottom , but did not seem to mind too much when she peeled it off and gave it back to him .
26 ‘ He 'd been wearing this over the shirt he wore for the sitting , ’ Edwards said , ‘ and at the end of the last sitting just as he was leaving , as an afterthought , he said , ‘ Oh you better have this ’ and took it off and gave it to me , like the end of a football match . ’
27 I mean the big fellows here they 've got to try and run it off or give it a tug and come off come off and get the er the sub on .
28 Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility .
29 If you ca n't remember it look it up and give me a call in Washington this evening .
30 If you 've got a phone , whether it 's in your car , in your house , at the bottom of your garden , you can pick it up and give me a ring on .
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