Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] [pron] give " in BNC.

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1 I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong !
2 right , and I look over to Roger and Roger 's flicking through his notes like this and as you , you were peeping through and he 's trying to find out what , what he 's talking about , they 're not looking at each other and anyway at the end of it , er we went through it and at the end of it he turned round and went how was it , what were you playing at , what was that spiel that you gave it 's in my brief , that 's one of my objections
3 Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers .
4 They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us !
5 It was at this point that I gave up any hopes for an aviation career simply because of the increasing high cost of hiring that DH Moth for a few hours every weekend .
6 I ca n't wait for you any longer , especially when I consider how long it might take to extricate you from another relationship if I give you time and you use it to involve yourself with Jones or whoever else you might have in mind …
7 And my sister told me that she met with him after Mass this morning and he gave her an envelope . "
8 He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s .
9 Because we have to have another door so they giving me a third off .
10 The answer on this subject that I gave in November made it perfectly clear that the decision is mine and nobody else 's .
11 Government departments do not have to use this form provided they give all the information required .
12 The format of your print outs will be partly based on this information that you give here .
13 It 's a a a re a really nice restaurant but you can pick all your food raw and they just , there 's a chef cooking , and you just get one of these plates , you can have as many helpings as you want , they serve you a cold starter and a hot starter but there 's a buffet that 's about half the size of our club and one side of it it 's all fish on a wet fish slab , and steak , and veal , and chicken and so there 's every sort of meat you can think of , and you can pick a wooden platter full of it , so you go and give it the chef with this number that they give you and then they come serve you with whatever you want .
14 I mean you could forget this list that I gave th b that gave you , unless there 's anything on it that is still relevant , but find the things yourself on that topic so that on Thursday Next Thursday you can each spend ten minutes talking about things which you 've read in your topic specifically .
15 So I 'm hoping that this system that I give you will allow you to do that , anybody been a best man at a wedding ?
16 Adam Franklyn — his company owns this land and he gave permission for the event to be held here .
17 In all her suppressed longing for David , Julia had never imagined such gentleness as he gave her that night or such freedom .
18 Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . .
19 I 'm frightened of these teenagers so I give in to their demands for money .
20 Do n't worry if you ca n't do it if you ca n't any of these any of these exercises that I give you by the way it 's not like homework it 's just for you to play with them to get the do them at your own pace .
21 The parties catered for such large numbers that ‘ it made it virtually impossible to police these events and it gave drug users and drug pushers maximum protection from the police — and all of that was quite deliberate .
22 I think that day that they gave me a lift home .
23 I was reading in the , in er , in that paper that you give us , you know , I was reading soaps and that
24 I 'm gon na go and shoot that woman cos I gave my cheque to the office .
25 ‘ Well , if it 's sexual she has less discrimination than I gave her credit for . ’
26 He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money .
27 I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country .
28 They had a lot more possession , more control and we gave the ball away far too frequently . ’
29 She thinks it 's those gloves that she gave you , keeping you warm . ’
30 It was one of those answers that they give sometimes .
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