Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] [vb mod] give " in BNC.

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1 However , if you feel the buyer 's going to present a business problem we show them the buyer 's guide and a business card so you can give them the buyer 's guide , explain what it 's for and then give them your business card and then that buyer 's guide to look for business card .
2 Basically , the plot was to get me to bribe Murrin so he would give evidence helpful to me in my libel case against the Sunday Times .
3 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the figures for steel production in the United Kingdom for the last two years for which figures are available .
4 To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the total of manufacturing investment in 1990 and 1991 and the percentage fall ( a ) in cash terms and ( b ) in real terms .
5 We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick .
6 ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY .
7 Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter .
8 I 'm given as much independence as they can give me , so I do n't feel I 'm isolated .
9 To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the total estimated annual operating costs of Trident for the first five years of operation .
10 One day Hugh came into the bathroom while Myra was washing and offered to give her a present if she would give him a hug and a kiss .
11 That is what membership of the moral and political community is , and it is a serious business which deserves more attention than I can give here .
12 He will be anxious to retain your custom so you might give him a try first .
13 ‘ And we could make an even better team if you 'd give us half a chance . ’
14 Wallace will make the difference as he will give us options , so the defence wont know what to expect .
15 I remember at the Uni when we used to give we used to put stamps on people , you know ,
16 To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the rates of VAT since the beginning of 1979 ; and the dates of each change .
17 They like things satisfy the pragmatist if you can give them something that they can put in practice straight away o on the job in their job .
18 You could either ask a gardening friend if they could give you one or you could try and take one yourself .
19 Think about those good points ( I am well organised ; I 'm a caring person and so on ) and give yourself as much credit as you would give someone else with those qualities ;
20 If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater .
21 They undertake a booking of a minimum of fifty seats once a week if we will give a special price .
22 ‘ I owe him my life so I must give him my life .
23 So er it was decided that he it would be one man because he would give a hand .
24 ‘ A ’ were with dressable wounds for the medical wards , ‘ B ’ were for the theatre , as they had wounds needing operative treatment , ‘ C ’ were for as much morphia as we could give them for a quiet inevitable death , ‘ D ’ were corpses .
25 As I said in answer to the main question , in the announcement that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I will make in February , we shall be able to give a fuller answer than I can give now .
26 Why did n't you say you 'd be his fucking shadow if he 'd give you tenure ? ’
27 You can always seek financial help from the Executive because they can give money out campaigns selective .
28 Help them to like what they see and to accept it with as much encouragement as you can give .
29 Briefly , child psychology is a luxury which only a small section of the world 's parents can afford to consider : mothers need a respite from the most urgent problems of hunger , sickness and exposure before they can give much attention to questions of personal adjustment and maladjustment .
30 Maclean 's mother Peggy , his estranged second wife , also Peggy , and his daughter Temora , would no more have volunteered for an Oprah Winfrey panel than they would give this man a bottle of cask-strength whisky for his birthday .
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