Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worked out less than , I do n't know and they give us all the posters and everything , so weekend I 'm gon na send away for another seventy |
| 2 | Instead of a telling-off , with time to put things right , TDC found itself under a much more strict court order with which it could not negotiate and which gave it little flexibility . |
| 3 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 4 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |
| 5 | But , given that there is government money available for training , the local community should have more say about what type of training is needed and who gives it . |
| 6 | Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring . |
| 7 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 8 | She said I ca n't promise you , so I thought well I 'm sat six months now , so I phoned this ship thing yesterday on the telly called Just Start , no Start Again whatever it 's called and they gave me , they phoned me yesterday and they gave me a number of Cine Hill , Northampton which is the job advisory centre , adults education and then they phoned me yesterday and they told me who to get in touch with so I 've got an appointment Thursday at erm Northampton with the Social Services Department and they apparently map out all the places where you could go , say , say for instance that St Crispin 's is the mental home I can go there and be with the patients and then I can go to the Marina 's and be taught how to lift and how to bed bath and how to manipulate |
| 9 | And they says , Well a person who lived in your flat before you had a telly , you know and they gave me some excuse , you know that the the the person who lived in here before me had ripped them off and they says , How do we know that you 're not that person , you know things like that . |
| 10 | You ask how they know and they give you a vague description about the pelvis , etc. etc. , and you go away not altogether satisfied with the explanations . |
| 11 | In the sense that you 've got no control over your portfolio at all , and it 's just invested and they give you a statement . |
| 12 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 13 | ‘ They 're cheaper to run and they gave us more flexibility on positioning , ’ Wren adds . |
| 14 | Right , the problem is that I ca n't seem to get through on the telephone , I phoned and her secretary came back and said you 've to phone and she gave me a guy 's name like and I got a number for him so I phoned it , ah he works in our Edinburgh office I phoned the Edinburgh office . |
| 15 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 16 | you can write down these words , that would then be given you a clue things that you could be saying to your customers , where , right , if you start thinking about the job that you 're doing and I give you the word where , right you think of the number of times you can use the word where , with a customer , right |
| 17 | So I went and I give her that |
| 18 | ‘ I told him I did and he gave me a look which suggested that I should n't have kept it from him ! ’ |
| 19 | He chuckled and she gave him a light punch on the shoulder . |
| 20 | His expression gentled and he gave her a slow smile filled with a conviction that was very male and utterly sure . |
| 21 | The sensation sharpened and she gave it more attention . |