Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
| 2 | Is that right or do you give them hell ? |
| 3 | Or had she given it to him ? |
| 4 | Or have you given it back to me ? |
| 5 | The gospels do not furnish us with the materials for a modern-style biography , nor do they give us a window into Jesus ' mind by which we could peer into his inmost soul . |
| 6 | The fact that we are doctors , priests , social workers will not necessarily be of any advantage to us , nor does it give us any right to expect intimate revelations . |
| 7 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
| 8 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 9 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |
| 10 | When it seemed to be over , I went next door and called Fielding and asked him to give me an incredible amount of money . |
| 11 | I wrote to Mr Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm . |
| 12 | One of the Germans stationed in the house got suspicious of Antoinette hanging about near the cellar door and made her give him the key and go down there with him so he could see what she was hiding . |
| 13 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 14 | It was a funny advertisement , it did n't come right out and say it gave you abortions , it just promised to ‘ help ’ . |
| 15 | I gave her your number and told her to give me five minutes to warn you first . |
| 16 | Another member of staff recognised the defendant from his schooldays and told him to give himself up . |
| 17 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |
| 18 | And let me give you another quote : ‘ I love the vanquished , but I also love the victors . ’ |
| 19 | Come to me and let me give you what you want . ’ |
| 20 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 21 | We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage . |
| 22 | Her parents are convinced the killer is a local man and begged him to give himself up . |
| 23 | and remember I gave you this word , that was suc succours |
| 24 | Thanks for the laughter and smiles you gave everyone , |
| 25 | So we find , by the end of the fourteenth century , that persons are directing petitions to the Chancellor , claiming that they have at least a moral right to the benefit of these uses , and begging him to give them help against the legal owner who is setting up his Common Law rights against them . |
| 26 | Within minutes I was safely on board with my bag , leaving Mrs Knelle waving and asking me to give her good wishes to her friend in England . |
| 27 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 28 | Can I thank Jim very much indeed for attending our conference this morning and ask him to give us a civic welcome . |
| 29 | I 'll go through it again once we 've seen the film , and ask you to give me the main points that came out of the film . |
| 30 | I will not dwell upon them but will re-emphasise what has already been said and ask you to give us all your support . |