Example sentences of "as they give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 've got a pen I 'll read the directions as they gave them to the family . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd play for them or write out any song they wanted to learn as long as they gave me ten or fifteen minutes worth of scales and exercises first . ’ |
| 3 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 4 | Meantime Berndt gushed with the oil of social graces , pouring her a glass of wine she had no intention of drinking , ( she remembered the Tjerssens as Friend had shown her them , smiling as they gave you ruby venom ) , pouting when she refused his macaroons . |
| 5 | Whether they 're first or last in this race … or in future life … it does n't matter to Kriss , as long as they give it their very best . |
| 6 | People who say ‘ I think you 'll like it , ’ as they give you something horrible to eat or drink , cow 's rumen in bilberry vinegar , say , or that coconut liquor peasants use to salve their verrucas . |