Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Shabby streets scattered with litter , full of houses where they 'd give you a bed and a bowl of cereal for a fiver , no questions asked . |
2 | ‘ Yes and loud and clear on the Saint or they 'll give you a ticket for Cincinnati and it would be months before your next of kin were informed . ’ |
3 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
4 | Cos that 's whatsername 's erm Kenny said that they might give you an injection . |
5 | It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know . |
6 | They need to know that they can give you your professional , their professional attention they will not make it compulsively , the majority party of what went wrong this is you were no longer the majority party . |
7 | Do you remember what your mum and dad used to say to you all those years ago because , those old adages that they used to give you as kids , certainly rings true . |
8 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
9 | I mean I can take a form up to the porters in Goodricke and they 'll give me a key to a minibus . |
10 | I was saying , ‘ If anyone wants a refund they can go right to the door and they 'll give it to you . ’ |
11 | ask them for the phone number of Southmead police station and they 'll give it to you . |
12 | And they 'll give you the profit if they make it . |
13 | PUT your wedding list with Mulberry Hall in York and they 'll give you a wedding present too a small Stuart crystal rose bowl . |
14 | And they 'll give you a one year warrantee . |
15 | You might go up there and er I du n no you what 's what 's a good way of getting myself seen when I 'm going out running at night and things like that you know and they 'll give you advice and they 'll say well there 's this you can use or that |
16 | ‘ I can leaf through them on the train , and they might give me something to go on . ’ |
17 | After some discussion , they felt that there was nothing else to be found on this site until the next ploughing and they would give it a miss until then . |
18 | ‘ And they would give us food , ’ said Libab . |
19 | it 's a terrible mistake just to say that the government 's fault and they should give us more money . |
20 | Otherwise , a dark suit , clerical collar , dark hat , raincoat , and they can give me a Military Cross . |
21 | And they can give you all sorts of reasons why |
22 | He came to me and said , ‘ I have talked with my directors and they will give you from now on DM 250,000 a year . ’ |
23 | And it enables you to call in there and they will give you th the details of the best building society rates throughout the country . |
24 | Well , it began with just when I got me money each week , 'cos I had a job , a weekend job with me uncle and I 'd get me money and I 'd just go out and score , get a coupla bags or something and then me mates 'd come round here and say , ‘ Can I do a smoke in here ? ’ , y'know , and so they would and they 'd give me a smoke for coming in here and eventually it started getting , like , from weeks , from weekends to days , becoming every day , like . |
25 | Probably , during the war we did quite well , what with the black Americans because they were stationed at the towers and they used to give us kids chocolates and |
26 | I wonder if they 'll give me one on my back while I 'm there ? |
27 | I wonder if they 'll give us them , you know . |
28 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
29 | I asked if they could give me something for the pain . |
30 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |