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

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1 and they can all give them work .
2 A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions .
3 On the other hand , the division into thirteen Books ( really twelve plus ) can only give us cause to examine Wordsworth 's deliberate structuring of the poem to fit older models .
4 I can only give you a tool for good .
5 But I can only give you one answer .
6 If you omit to declare the steps and have the wrong answer , he can only give you a zero mark .
7 As I said , I can only give you general hints . ’
8 I can only give you a C.
9 whether it 's the afternoon or an evening or weekend it 's still the same price , but the , the mental patient actually employs you , you 're not employed by the hospital , but they can only give you ten hours a week which is five session so that 's only sort of twenty seven quid a week so you 're
10 ‘ I can easily give it up . ’
11 ‘ I can easily give it up , you know . ’
12 Otherwise he can just give them with the bloody tellies or trying to buy them with the tellies and the dealers have a lovely time
13 Right I 'll have to check back against all the figures , if you can just give me a moment .
14 Yes , they can just give us a ring at the museum , the number is er Banbury two five nine eight double five , or to ring the library at Banbury as well , they 're involved with the publication , and what will come out of it is not just an exhibition , but a whole archive for the future , I mean I 'm sure in the past we , we would have er liked to have known more about how the canals were built perhaps .
15 Spend a , a minute or so , putting your thoughts together , you can write it out if you want to , or you can just give you bullet points , what you 've chosen you 're going to change into a feature .
16 Erm when you see erm Alan John erm if you see them over the next day or two if I can just give you this er these , these little leaflets
17 Oh that copper , he said he , he said the thing is he said what you 've got ta do is give him as much shit and aggravation as you can possibly give him , keep him hot and keep him roasted up he said because what happens is he 's getting along , long and he 's thinking oh I can do this and I can do that and I can do the other , he said but if you can get your solicitor to keep him on his toes he ai n't got time to think about nothing , he said and if he has done that job himself , he 's laughing at the moment , I said well he must have done it
18 I can still give them a run for their money .
19 You can always give me change ! ’
20 ‘ You can always give it a try . ’
21 I can always give you a routine check-up , but obviously , if you get any twinges , even if you think it might just be wind , give us a call .
22 Yes , I can probably give you a brief answer , because er , in that you 've raised a whole host of other things , erm , which erm , er , we need to , we need to think about and , and debate , and I hope we 'll have further occasions to do so .
23 If you are looking for a pension or other financial advice we can similarly give you information and guidance to make the right decision .
24 A bridging loan can also give you an upper hand when buying in a very slow market .
25 Part-time or evening classes can really give you the blues .
26 If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’
27 Laser light can now give us more than just music in our ears .
28 If you are lucky enough to own any old sepia family photographs , it can look extremely attractive to arrange a collection of them on a wall , as you can then give them all co-ordinating mounts that are decorated with your favourite pressed flowers , or perhaps choose some flowers that are appropriate to the family .
29 You know you need some information , resource investigator can either give it to you because he 's got it or can find it for you .
30 So the theorist so the theorists actually best from activities where something can actually give them a system , a model or a theory or a concept so we 've got Andy and John and it was quite interesting Andy when you were saying well whose work is this because you not really behind so you , you actually scored thirteen on that one .
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