Example sentences of "[conj] i give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | about analysis or me giving them the dream and I have to sort of like get out for myself what |
| 2 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 3 | But he complains that I give him the impression that I am holding back and am not fully committed . |
| 4 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 5 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 6 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 7 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 8 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 9 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 11 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 12 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 13 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 14 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 15 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 16 | Look Charlotte ca n't do anything without being messy , look , the other , the other erm morning I went to school to pick Ben up , er and I put her in the car seat , she 's lovely and clean , and I give her a biscuit , by the time we got |
| 17 | No she bought a second lo a second twenty lot of twenty and I give her the first lot back probably . |
| 18 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 19 | And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not . |
| 20 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 21 | Well he , he said if they , if , if , some , get a visitor in and I give them a cup of coffee well that 's all right , but I do n't know if it 's money or , or like maybe , maybe . |
| 22 | And er I so so I brought her and her three friends that she 'd run , chummed about with them and I give them a good talking to for about an hour . |
| 23 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 24 | You , you clean my black boots for me , polish my black boots for me and I give you a quid |
| 25 | Yeah and I give you a lift up to here . |
| 26 | ‘ No , my lord , ’ ( such courtesy again , and such artful courtesy too , as we shall see ! ) ‘ hear me ; I give you the field , and I give you the cave that is in it ; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you ; bury your dead . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The Medjay captain asked me that too , and I give you the same answer : how would an escaped convict find his way into the compound ? |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | I get this sort of aching feeling in my nose , and I give it a rub . |
| 30 | The penis stirs close to me , and I give it a wet nose . |