Example sentences of "[noun sg] give [pers pn] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll ask Daddy to give you a few days off from the office . |
| 2 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 3 | I did n't actually visit Mum for very long but old Mrs McSporran told me all the news of the Senior Citizens and our deacon gave me a few tips about growing rhubarb . |
| 4 | Johnny Dawes had a whipround in the pub as a sort of True Path benefit gig to give him a few days more . |
| 5 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |
| 6 | Ten days on the ocean gave him a few chances to visit the cabins of single women , but until they arrived in New York , there were no places to escape once the liaison ended , however passionately , half-heartedly , or ephemerally it had begun . |
| 7 | At the risk of sounding smug , my ornamental kitchen garden gave me no such problems . |