Example sentences of "they [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was clearly mentally disturbed , and the reason that I got in touch with the legal project was to see if there 's anything that could be done by them to start giving her some way of getting in touch , getting to solve her problem . |
| 2 | They intend to give us some notion of what they are when they roll out the application programming interface in 90 days . |
| 3 | They intend to give us some notion of what they are when they roll out the API in 90 days . |
| 4 | Erm , I note that for ninety-five , ninety-six , that they intend to give us two per cent rise . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a slap in the face , a sweetener , a paltry gesture which indicates the help they intend to give us . ’ |
| 6 | They want to give them the confidence to grow into caring and hard-working adults who will grasp opportunities and take their responsibilities seriously . |
| 7 | You 're given what they want to give you . |
| 8 | They tried to give us to our ancient enemies in 1912 , 1974 , 1985 and now we 've had the ‘ Brooke initiative ’ which was another attempt by Westminster to be rid of us . |
| 9 | If anyone wants specific spiritual direction they seek to give it . |
| 10 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 12 | They 'd given him some papers , and somebody had gone to the cashier for his money ( it made a nice fat bulge in his hip pocket ; he patted it now and again as he walked , just to make sure it was still there ) and eventually he 'd signed some papers . |
| 13 | All the activity around his earth , and the fact that there were a mere three hounds , had combined to make him think the open country might be safer today ; now they 'd given him proof that it was n't . |
| 14 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
| 15 | They put in my real balance which was something like £7.50 — but they 'd given me their stamp . |
| 16 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 18 | So I went in and told them and they 'd given me wrong sack . |
| 19 | Yeah , but , but did n't you when you got here they 'd given you , do n't you remember ? |
| 20 | Erm it would have been better if they 'd given you some information to say , They all voted for at least one |
| 21 | If the Government wo n't believe us when we tell them the truth , maybe they will now believe the people they paid to give them this report . |
| 22 | Have they had to give you an enema ? |
| 23 | I wonder if they 've got any here now that have n't got any time signatures , because that 's the other thing that they they like to give you . |
| 24 | When they arrive give them the name of an animal and ask them to make the noise the animal makes to find similar animals . |
| 25 | They argue that women and men are able to rate themselves highly on cross-gender items because they continue to give them meanings consistent with their own gender roles . |
| 26 | They started to give him more advice . |
| 27 | Then they started again , they started to give her another they did , and the same thing happened . |
| 28 | I think as soon as people from outside of the community , and the quarrying community , as soon as they started giving us support , telling us right , we 'll help you , both financially and you know physically and what have you , you know the students , the women 's support group , when things started getting organized . |
| 29 | When my mum and dad discussed they decided to give me and my brother twenty five pound each and have |
| 30 | The bear outgrew the hut very quickly , and when it got to about 23 stone they decided to give it to London Zoo . |