Example sentences of "[adv] give [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players .
2 You do not need a complete conventional circuit with a long downwind leg , although this will obviously give you more time in which to have a better look at the field .
3 Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more
4 okay cos they 'll all want some , they 'll all give me about ten P which is n't much
5 Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ?
6 If she did , Jill could not say no ; and then , on Monday , her father being told , would not give her away , would not say : My daughter is a thief .
7 When the clergy tried to calm them , the crowd declared that the valuables belonged to the people , not to the church , so that priests could not give them away .
8 Why not give them away while saying , " Look here , have it , so long as you spend the proceeds on buying buses . " .
9 While Eva was at Usher the political situation did not give them too much pause for thought .
10 The man in the attic had been dragged through the gaps under the roof to one of the empty houses next door , and from there to the bushes down by the beck where the sound of his coughing would not give him away .
11 ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems .
12 ‘ If a girl returns it to you , good and well ; though a jeweller will not give you as much as you paid for it .
13 Do not give it away .
14 Be that as it may , our main conclusion must be that the traditional claim about the last ( " Wagnerian " ) part is unsubstantiated ; and such other evidence as we have does not give it much plausibility .
15 Yes , I can not give it much more
16 Tragically , I have to wish that that was the case because today 's figures do not give us much ground for comfort , but , as long as the Minister continues his present style of trying to hype up and to trivialise every issue , that is what will happen to our agriculture .
17 She told me this when I was very small , so I 've always known my real mother did n't just give me away . ’
18 Do n't just give them away to the adventurers if they do n't bother even to search this room ; they must make an effort to find these bizarre items and take an interest in finding out what they do .
19 You 'd just give us dirty looks probably would n't go
20 Personally , I would much rather just give it away to someone who can handle it if I could find them .
21 ‘ It would just give it more prominence .
22 I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean .
23 It 'd always give you just enough help , and no more .
24 I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here .
25 The illuminated versions can be handy if sited near the keyhole — they will probably give you just enough light to stop you fumbling in the dark with your key .
26 A at a guess I would think they would probably give you about three to six months ' worth of pay as compensation , if
27 Well I was working in the quarry , and er it 's last March turned round and said he wanted a new implemented with a new miracle saw that he had bought and he did n't really give us much warning about what he was gon na do but all he said was that er he was gon na scrap our old bonus contract and implement a new one no matter what , and from various figures that were bandied about we all realized we were gon na back quite a lot worse off because of it .
28 And I Queensbank and he would n't even give me more than a fiver !
29 in fact I feel the price we charge for concessions and youngsters is a giveaway we might as well give them away for nothing .
30 May as well give it straight to the bank .
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