Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] give [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commenting on whether a cake had been promised to Miss Dodd , she said : ‘ We were prepared to give it to her as a donation but she cancelled the order . ’ |
| 2 | We had the NWN report of those six points and were able to give it to him . |
| 3 | Willy voiced the philosophy he had learned by experience — it was everyone for himself ; if you did n't take what you wanted , no one was likely to give it to you . |
| 4 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 5 | I think he was frightened to give it for fear of hurting me . ’ |