Example sentences of "say that [pers pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says that they gave them every assistance possible . |
| 2 | He was ‘ permitted to put in a long day 's work for his Master , and it can be truly said that he gave his best ’ . |
| 3 | It has been said that he gave too much of himself in his idealistic way , and that the ‘ political football ’ aspects of the CBC in eastern Canada , where he was finally transferred , caused a breakdown in health and his early retirement . |
| 4 | One of the teachers was saying that you give children pieces of paper to draw anything and most of them will draw a soldier carrying a gun or Caspers , or helicopters , something to do with war . |
| 5 | Some people prefer to work their male ferret on a line , saying that it gives them control over its movements . |
| 6 | And I have to say that we give our commitment very quickly and we would like to think that people also give erm their commitment . |
| 7 | I think it 's true to say that we give it to them and we also drink it ourselves . |
| 8 | And as there is n't the money available to do it at full commercial price , in my view we should go for what they call cross-subsidy , that is to say that they give erm planning permission on a plot for some commercial housing on which the landowner can make some money , and in , a condition of that would be that part of that plot would be made available for low cost housing . |
| 9 | The terrorist might say that he gave sufficient warning of the bomb for the area to be cleared , and that it was unforeseeable that a deaf person should remain on the premises and be killed in the explosion , which was intended only to cause damage . |
| 10 | can I say that it gives me particular pleasure to introduce Steven not least , because Steven Hughes is one of our colleagues in parliament who does a fantastic job for the trade union movement . |
| 11 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 12 | Let's say that you give one of your people a six month project to work on , you 've agreed with them as part of the parameters that you 're going to check with them every two months on it , where do you put those reminders to yourself ? |