Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence . |
2 | I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world . |
3 | I 'm sure she enjoyed it and that it gave her a purpose in life . |
4 | Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise . |
5 | Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise . |
6 | The professors realized that I was doing very important work , and so they gave me my own laboratory . |
7 | You see the i it was er we used to make curtains then for Littlewoods , Littlewoods as it is now , they 're still , you know , the they were about the forerunners of the er tt this er catalogue business , and if they gave us an order that would last us a long time , and that usually the eight points , which was meant to say there were eight threads to an inch . |
8 | He 'd loved her and left her once , and if she gave him a chance he 'd do it again . |
9 | And if she gives me any of her pernickety , finicky quips I 'll throw it over her . |
10 | ‘ And if I gave you one , would you take her ? ’ |
11 | ‘ If I give you bread and cheese you do n't like it and if I give you too much soup that 's not right . |
12 | " And if I give you the job , " Fairfax went on , " how soon will you begin ? " |
13 | And if you give her , just stick her to small amounts for the next couple of days |
14 | Chloroform kills dogs , and if you give them digitalis it raises their blood pressure . |
15 | signed up and until they give us a firm this is it |
16 | And so it goes on and on and until somebody gives them a kick up the backside they 'll continue like that forever and ever amen and a day ! |
17 | ‘ Things are still unclear and until somebody gives us definite information we wo n't be drawn into speculating . |
18 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
19 | Because er while I 've had wedding cake from people and and they give you a little bit and I 've said to you have n't I , well I would n't have bothered giving anybody this . |
20 | This goes back in section two , yes , and when they give you your induction report , which we 've still got to put some results on , that goes back in section three . |
21 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
22 | You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition . |
23 | And when I gave him what he wanted , he gave me what I wanted . |
24 | The porter asked my name and when I gave it , asked if I had a relative called Charles Rocke . |
25 | I got the map from his secretary , and when I gave it him he spread it out on his desk . |
26 | She always found the supper she cooked for the children irresistible and when she gave them bacon and baked beans she would swoop down on their plates like a vulture on a battlefield . |
27 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
28 | I bought it for her , see , with my first wages , and when she gave it back , I gave it to you . |
29 | It was most unusual to see Taff down like this and as I gave him my condolences I was thinking that the sadness was beginning to reach almost everyone . |
30 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |