Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] give [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'll leave that for you to play with and erm I better give your mum a shout because I should have gone by now . |
| 2 | Erm if I just give your name to Liz she 'll , she 'll probably get in touch with your mum . |
| 3 | I always gave my husband the benefit of the doubt and ‘ buried ’ his brutality because I was so ashamed and felt that I was in some way to blame . |
| 4 | And then they want someone else 's help or whatever else and er I can see that they 're concerned that you know they have a concern or want something from me then and I pass on I some action to take place you know for you know I 've on to somebody or someone said to him , I always give my name . |
| 5 | I nearly gave my mother a nervous breakdown . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's why I immediately gave his name to the police . ’ |
| 7 | I then gave my chair a french polish finish with a touch of red stain in the polish to give a rich red/brown appearance . |
| 8 | The FRISC chip , which also gave its name to the operation responsible for it , had reportedly reached working silicon and was being put on graphics cards and SBus accelerators for the Sun marketplace when Micron pulled the plug . |
| 9 | Pierry derives its name from a stratum of flint in the subsoil which reputedly gives its wine a marked flinty taste . |
| 10 | Her lip trembled briefly as Tony hugged her and Maureen kissed her again before they left , but she quickly recovered and told them unsmilingly to give her love to her father and the family . |
| 11 | She gladly gave her blood for a substantial blood transfusion , and the patient was told after-wards by the doctor , ‘ You owe the fact that you are alive today to the crossing sweeper who first detected a movement in you when you were in the mortuary and then gave her blood for you . ’ |
| 12 | Every day the London Evening Standard carried two or three small classified advertisements headed LOANS from lenders who only gave their telephone numbers , viz : |
| 13 | You thus give your memory two chances of recalling the elusive details . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , he was wrong about the origins of the First and Second World Wars , ’ roared back the teacher , who later gave his name as Mr Nigel Varley . |
| 15 | AN UNKNOWN BOY WHO BRAVELY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER . |
| 16 | Mr could you again give your name , rank and station currently . |
| 17 | Which you never give me credit for . |
| 18 | By this means , she therefore gave her version of the events . |
| 19 | ‘ We hereby give our consent for the purposes of Section 57(1) of the Financial Services Act 1986 to the issue of the investment advertisement attached hereto , dated and signed for the purpose of identification ’ . |
| 20 | For Smollett they have as much to say as their masters , if less well spelt , while one even gives his name to the title , Humphry Clinker . |
| 21 | We even gave her coconut to the dog which I which was nice . |
| 22 | One of my cats , unassuming and docile by nature most of the time , turns into a wild tiger if I have to hold her still to give her medicine . |
| 23 | They also gave their backing to the reincorporation of Panama as a member of the Rio Group of Latin American states . |
| 24 | They even gave his name , . |
| 25 | They actually give its power in kilowatts , so there 's this obvious equivalence between electrical and mechanical energy , so watts is not an amount of electricity it 's a rate of using it up , it 's a flow rate like gallons per minute . |
| 26 | He merely gave her shoulder an affectionate nudge and leaned back on a cushion . |
| 27 | Does n't give his address , it just gives his phone number . |
| 28 | He also gave his mother 's new name , as she had recently remarried . |
| 29 | In so doing he also gave his blessing to — what in effect proved to be the case — declaring the Transkei , or at least Bumbane , the first ANC liberated zone , however fleetingly , yesterday afternoon . |
| 30 | It was a familiar stance to those who knew him , as was the smile he now gave his son ; a dark , ironic smile that seemed both amused and calculating . |