Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children .
2 Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’
3 Naturally , the other people appeared and something would crop up which made me Plan to give their adventures an airing in a future book .
4 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
5 I still have n't given , that 's reminded me seeing Shona there , I , I do n't think I 've given her that pair of trousers and the sweatshirt and I told her that I 've got them .
6 I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties .
7 ‘ Have you forgotten I have to give my approval before you lay your hands on a penny of it ?
8 What sort of build-up d' ya want to give me d' ya want people to have of you .
9 If the Council 's Temporary Press Officer , who had been appointed solely to deal with the alleged child abuse controversy , had been given such confidential information , she said , they wanted to know who had given it to him .
10 Completer finisher well if you want something done give it to the completer finisher .
11 But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time .
12 Now both say they want to give their marriage another chance .
13 He did n't know he had to give him a little verbal back .
14 My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip .
15 ‘ And he did n't know what had given it to you … ’
16 I would not know what orders to give my men .
17 they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it
18 I hope I 've given you the motivation — and confidence — to go out and develop your own personal communication style to its full potential .
19 Oh I 'm getting a cold here and I 'm ha but I hope I 've given it to Pete you watch !
20 LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our
21 Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me .
22 I would , by the way , like to thank the members of , of the Investment Panel , for the help and support they 've given me , and also , in fact , to point out that erm , although s er , your your Chairman has spoken of Sir Ray severing his formal links with the Council , I have to say that we still do have one or two claws still attached to him , in that he remains on , as a very valued member of the Investment Panel , and will continue to provide his wisdom and advice , for which we are all very grateful .
23 Tabkay says he does n't feel he has given anything up to be a Buddhist monk .
24 And then they sent me a questionnaire saying they understood that he 'd he 'd given my address , and was he res , was he still resident ?
25 He asked who had given her them , and she said they were a present from her mother .
26 Oh I 've don that that 's alright I mean she 's given us
27 Okay so you 've given you 've given us erm the same company as erm that mm that may present a problem with us .
28 When Adam was about eight his father had told him masturbating gave you scurvy .
29 ‘ Although , when I was going he did give me a sort of squeeze and said I 'd got the loveliest mouth he 'd ever seen . ’
30 Let us give thanks for the progress made in scientific research , for the luxuries and comforts it has given us , for the assistance in curing disease , with storing information and with improving communications .
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