Example sentences of "but [adv] [pron] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coppers used to come around at first every time somebody stole a dame 's purse but finally they gave it up . |
| 2 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 3 | Sometimes this means they have more room for wheel toys , but often it gives them a chance to make their own den to hide away in with a favourite toy . |
| 4 | But sometimes they give you something like this and you say , Oh it 's one times Especially |
| 5 | ‘ But then he gave me half an ounce on credit . |
| 6 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |