Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 2 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 3 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 4 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 5 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 6 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 7 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 8 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 9 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 10 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 11 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 12 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 13 | ‘ In true Hitchcock tradition , I always make one appearance in each series of Rumpole , but this time I decided to give myself a speaking part , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 15 | I give them a , I did give them a good rinse afterwards though . |
| 16 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 17 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 18 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 19 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 20 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 21 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 22 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 23 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 24 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 25 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 26 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 27 | If you 're talking about learning theory , well I 've given you a few names . |
| 28 | I 've given you the two , er , the one that gives you the most space for the day , on the basis that if you have too much space for daily planning , it 's maybe irritating . |
| 29 | I 've given you the best six months of |
| 30 | I said we 've got er , the best claims experience , I 've given you the one pamphlet , Women at Risk , which points out , women used to say , oh , a stroke it wo n't happen to me , cancer it wo n't happen to me . |