Example sentences of "and give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Whereas in the early church believers were discipled through the teaching and corporate life of the Christian community , the third and fourth centuries saw many of the devout withdrawing to the Egyptian and Syrian deserts to pray and give themselves to spiritual warfare .
2 Do n't you love your grandmother enough to come downstairs and give her a little goodbye kiss ? ’
3 Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look .
4 Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present .
5 I 'd sent Mum to the acupuncturist to try and give her some energy , and Jack and I were in the house when we heard a terrible thud .
6 ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’
7 He would go and give her his answer right away .
8 he 'll come and give everybody prayer books
9 After a period of silence from outside , a voice now hailed Place , told him to come out and give himself up .
10 ‘ It is , but even the most hard-pressed executive owes it to himself to relax occasionally and give himself some space . ’
11 It would be exciting to belong to a man like Roman ; he would be no gentle lover … he would demand and give everything .
12 In the early months of her grief , you and her other helpers may need to listen endlessly and give her quiet comfort during her episodes of extreme anguish and emotional excursions into the past .
13 However , so erm she asked me if I 'd go up and give her hand to sort things out , so I was up on the Friday morning and I said well you better phone the corporation and tell them that you 're moving out on Saturday morning .
14 These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies .
15 The organ will play and I 'm going to ask the people to come forward and give their offerings .
16 People can not work effectively and give their best if they are worried about unreliable childcare arrangements or children who are unsupervised . ’
17 When I 've found out when she can come and give me a hand , I 'll give you a ring . ’
18 This had some value , leading old ladies to get up and give me their seat on public transport .
19 When you 've done that homework , then you 'll come back and give me your answer . ’
20 She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle .
21 Baptiste , run and ask your mother to come and give me a hand , would you ?
22 " Perhaps you would be ready to come and give me a fitting on Friday afternoon ? "
23 We 're running out of time as usual , so if I can just come to that final line to you to consider and give me some views on them before you go .
24 No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem .
25 I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that .
26 just so many bits and pieces to do , I need to come and get this to come and give me some further comments
27 All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation .
28 To begin with Robin used Amazon Swords , Water Wisteria , Java Fern and Pygmy Chain Swords , as these are quite hardy plants which should thrive and give him confidence to try some other kinds later on .
29 Soon something would open up and give him a path to follow .
30 He closed the album carefully , making sure that none of the loosened pages could fall out and give him away .
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