Example sentences of "[pers pn] give [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody said , ‘ Can I give you more wine ? ’ |
| 2 | For this I gave them about 30p , which is rather a lot , & since then they have been running up to me when they see me , offering to polish up my briefcase etc . |
| 3 | It 's not as if I gave you much choice . |
| 4 | Can you give me more details … ? ’ |
| 5 | If you give it more insects than it needs , what does it do with these extra insects ? |
| 6 | ‘ There 's a certain point when you can see the inside of the track , you can see the outside of the track and you know you are not going to make the corner , so you give it more throttle . |
| 7 | She gave us much happiness until her death at the great age of nineteen . |
| 8 | The sensation sharpened and she gave it more attention . |
| 9 | We give you now Professor Twist , |
| 10 | I do n't know whether it 's true or not , but I do n't think they give you much medication and whatever , when you go down there . |
| 11 | They gave them much latitude in day-to-day operations and allowed them to mould law and order policies according to counter-insurgency theories . |
| 12 | Ambulancemen told his parents that when they first attended Craig they gave him only minutes to live . |
| 13 | ‘ If they gave me more money , I suppose . |
| 14 | We like your cleverness Has he given it more thought , he 's just come up with a really clever idea I think there |
| 15 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ Bob explains , ‘ with multiple guitar tracks on a record , it gives me more options . |
| 17 | It gives them both safety and independence . ’ |
| 18 | Hence the social acceptability of earlier retirement by women can prove a mixed blessing : it gives them more chance to leave paid work at a time of their own choosing , but also leaves them more open to pressure from others to retire . |
| 19 | Everyone likes to hang around with people with a similar image , it gives you more confidence to experiment . |