Example sentences of "they [vb past] to give [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 They slowed to give themselves a respite but realized in the succeeding moment that they had run into a dead end .
2 They had to give me a brandy , I were in a right state me !
3 to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days
4 They had to give it a quarter turn you see with a spanner .
5 They wanted to give everyone an equal opportunity at the beginning of their lives , in health and in education .
6 They wanted to give you a birthday present .
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