Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pron] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also they had to film the invasion in the dark so they gave us two lamps . |
| 2 | IRA bomber Rosena Brown was a better actress than anyone gave her credit for . |
| 3 | he 's after something , h his apprenticeship so they give him a thousand pound |
| 4 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's good to get new blood as it gives us more spark . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 7 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , if it 's sexual she has less discrimination than I gave her credit for . ’ |
| 9 | This MacGregor he was to be a minister , and he was a well educated man but unfortunately he 'd made a mistake when he preached his sermon so he gave it up . |
| 10 | Yeah , but he did n't need the modulator so he gave it to because he 's got a monitor , right ? |
| 11 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 12 | If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent . |
| 13 | ‘ I said I would give him my pilot sunglasses if he gave me his weapon . |
| 14 | But do n't call the law unless they give me the black spot , or if you see the seaman with one leg — he 's worse than any of them . ’ |
| 15 | And really , Sizewell B is really a reprovation because it gives you an idea what the technology 's like and how we 're on top of that new technology itself . |
| 16 | The hon. Member for Foyle ( Mr. Hume ) has , much more eloquently than I could , told us of the damage that it does and the effect that it has on the young people of Northern Ireland because it gives them a future of either migration or unemployment . |
| 17 | that do explain a little bit about Abbey Life products and also have a copy of as well erm they might find that of help before I give them a call . |
| 18 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 19 | We have just caught Raskolnikov saying to himself that the moth seeks the candle-flame , and Porfiry says similar things aloud ; while behind both of them Dostoevsky is telling Katkov that the murderer demands punishment and bends to an inexorable divine and human law when he gives himself up . |
| 20 | The series had attracted capacity crowds and Sir Edward faced a packed hall when he gave his address , ‘ At the Heart of Europe ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 22 | Her husband 's lovemaking was gentle and restrained compared to the fierce passion which now engulfed all her senses as she gave herself utterly and completely in an explosion of abandonment . |
| 23 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 24 | There are lots of ways to walk to Fort William if that 's what you fancy , except now one of them is littered with lots of wooden posts with painted thistles , and hundreds of people trudging about who never thought of walking to Fort William until someone gave them the West Highland Way guide book for their Christmas . |
| 25 | By the time they reached a point half-way to the island the water had reached their hips so they gave it up as a bad job and began to enjoy themselves . |
| 26 | ‘ The public are quicker to shift opinion than we give them credit for . |
| 27 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 28 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 29 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |
| 30 | Erm and it 'll also help us to get the the out of your way , we 'll get out of your hair within five or six days if you give us all the businesses . |