Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] give [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 3 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 4 | ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
| 6 | Simone rushed back into the house , dumping the bags on the kitchen table , calling out for someone to give her a hand . |
| 7 | One of them gave me a basket she had made and when I lifted the lid there was a card with her name in Greek and English , and the words ‘ For You ’ … . |
| 8 | Get that splendid girl of yours to give me a date or two and I 'll see if we can fix something up fairly promptly . ’ |
| 9 | Obsessional neurosis is shown in the patient 's being occupied with thoughts in which he is in fact not interested , in his being aware of impulses which appear very strange to him and his being led to actions the performance of which give him no enjoyment but which it is quite impossible for him to omit . |
| 10 | It 's you that 's wanted down at the station and it was kind of you to give me a lift . |
| 11 | The exchange which I began , ‘ Could one of you give me a hand with these lunatics ? ’ went as follows : ‘ Sorry sport , international regulations ; ca n't leave the flight deck . ’ |
| 12 | Take the case of She gave him a piece of her mind . |
| 13 | All of yous give her a picture . |
| 14 | And the certainty of it gave her the strength to smile . |
| 15 | The familiarity of it gave her the urge to work . |
| 16 | ‘ And none of it gave you the right to lie to me . |
| 17 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 18 | Like me to give them a ring ? |
| 19 | Guys like him give me a pain . |
| 20 | Of test questions Er yeah , these are these are tricky , where they give you something like They give you a melting point and a boiling point whether it conducts electricity and a gas is given off which turns limewater milky . |
| 21 | I 've been finding that normally I can get up early in the morning , give Heather a ring or if she 's staying with me give her a shout , you know for her work . |
| 22 | My conversations with her gave me no inkling to that effect , and , although she was ambitious , I do not think she felt that her time had come . |
| 23 | ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety . |
| 24 | He was on his bike six kids jumped him and said give us your bike they , they took his bike off him gave him a hammering right on the nose , broke his nose . |
| 25 | And what 's that sitting on my give me a hand for my bed you know . |
| 26 | A bluff she had perpetrated mainly on herself to give herself the strength to go on living . |
| 27 | What you ought to do was to said to him give me a deposit |
| 28 | George put down the bucket and strode over to her to give her a pat . |
| 29 | In reality this is inaudible under water so do n't rely on it to give you a reminder . |
| 30 | But the pretence of searching for it gave her a moment to think . |