Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 and er obviously I want to sort of give you the best possible price
2 Jim joked : ‘ I 'm thinking of renaming it the royal loony burger . ’
3 Harvey said , ‘ Yes , ’ very briefly , and handed it over before giving him the little 6.35-mm .
4 Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone .
5 ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things .
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