Example sentences of "[pron] give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I give her husband employment . |
2 | I give her supper about half past five and then she goes to bed . |
3 | 2 I think she 's glad to see me , not just because I give her treat food , but because she 's lonely . |
4 | I give her money — ’ |
5 | I did n't fancy my plaice so I give her mine I had a bit of beef . |
6 | I give her teddy |
7 | When the little ones squeeze past me in the Superette I give their mops the chaste old tousle . |
8 | I GIVE my estate free of all taxes and duties to the Royal Air Forces Association ( Registered charity No. 226686 ) whose Central Headquarters is at 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London , W4 3RX and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of the said Association shall be sufficient discharge to my executors or trustees . |
9 | I give my leg a nasty bash , but I do n't stop and see if it 's bleeding — I just want to get out . |
10 | I give my usual answer : that it probably all happens as the bird is ‘ flying ’ at top speed underwater , and that the pressure of the water holds the fish already caught against the bird 's sharp mandibles while it snaps up another in a fraction of a second . |
11 | I am confident , in all modesty , when I give my talk , that your members are more likely to be informatively amused rather than slumber into oblivion . ’ |
12 | If the Fruity Party fields three candidates in a constituency election ; if I give my first preference to Apple and second to Banana ; if I give my third preference not to Cherry but to Hazel of the Nutty Party ; and if finally , that third preference becomes an effective vote , it will unquestionably be a vote against the Fruity Party that I was supporting with my first and second preferences . |
13 | If the Fruity Party fields three candidates in a constituency election ; if I give my first preference to Apple and second to Banana ; if I give my third preference not to Cherry but to Hazel of the Nutty Party ; and if finally , that third preference becomes an effective vote , it will unquestionably be a vote against the Fruity Party that I was supporting with my first and second preferences . |
14 | I give my tongue over |
15 | Er when I give my expert evidence , I will read from the summary . |
16 | ‘ I give my life , oh God , into your hands . ’ |
17 | I give my mum money for housekeeping and that . |
18 | I ca n't stress too much the value I give my tears … they are priceless , beyond words , they are the most private part of myself that I can share with those who draw close to me . |
19 | No one is pressured into buying ; I give my advice and then let people make their own choice . |
20 | And to th for for them we 're extremely er I I I I give my regards and er the regional party is grateful for their work . |
21 | I give my apologies for not being able to be present myself . |
22 | I give my hon. Friend that pledge with a great deal of enthusiasm . |
23 | I give my hon. Friend that assurance . |
24 | I give my warmest congratulations to the staff at Ormskirk hospital , which I visited in November 1989 for the turf-cutting for a new £32 million project which was a typical example of the 75 per cent . |
25 | I give my hon. Friend the absolute assurance that the Government will continue to oppose it root and branch . |
26 | I give my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury an undertaking that we are committed to a terminal at King 's Cross , but we are not necessarily committed to the expensive and grandiose project , which seems to depend on property values that were optimistic three or four years ago and are hopelessly pessimistic now . |
27 | I give my commitment to [ the children of Australia ] that my generation will hand on … a better country " . |
28 | ‘ I give my personal guarantee that this production of Swan Lake will be as magical for children as it is for adults , ’ he wrote . |
29 | I give his lever such a yank |
30 | ‘ I give his little cars to my grandsons to play with and when I watch them playing I can see Brian as he was playing with them . |