Example sentences of "to give [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the last day of that term , my final-year class all came up to my office to give me a ‘ thank-you ’ present . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're just in time to give me a hand . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're just in time to give me a hand . ’ |
| 4 | I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . |
| 5 | But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America . |
| 6 | In his usual way , as soon as the film started , George begin to give me a run down on the technical assets I might otherwise be missing . |
| 7 | That they were n't having to give me a testimonial , which I would be entitled to soon , and were making a profit on my sale . ’ |
| 8 | If the Ashford Castle Hotel now wish to give me a free suite in return for this publicity , I shall not demur . |
| 9 | ‘ Rainey put in some fast laps during the final stages of qualifying , so I was expecting him to give me a tough time , ’ said Doohan . |
| 10 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to give me a few minutes to get myself ready . |
| 12 | Once when I was in design and technology class , I asked him to give me a screw and he said , ‘ See me after school and I 'll give you one . ’ |
| 13 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 14 | He used to send me postcards from abroad and he popped in when ‘ Bizarro ’ was released to give me a copy , ’ says Graham Williams , the journalist who wrote the paper 's weekly pop column . |
| 15 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's going to have a short stay in a Home soon to give me a break . |
| 17 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 18 | I shall never forget the kindness of the many people who took it in turns to give me a lift , so that I did n't have to drive there and back . |
| 19 | He even invited us round to the house one night , to give me a loan of a book on the Gothic Imagination . |
| 20 | . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’ |
| 21 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 22 | ‘ If you want to give me a ‘ producer ’ , ’ I went on , ‘ then give me one . |
| 23 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 24 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 25 | And my pounding heart served to give me a feeling of impending doom . |
| 26 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 27 | ‘ When th 've had th'drink and polished off those breakfast dishes , Mrs Salt says to give me a hand . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She used to give me a piece of the dough when she was making pastry . |
| 29 | Reminds me of my first branch chair , an ex-miner , who used to give me a lift home in his Jag . |
| 30 | Hester was pleased to see me , to give me a meal . |