Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’ |
| 2 | Pretty silly of me to give you a false name , but I have n't much experience of — of — ‘ |
| 3 | It was just mean of him to give me a rotten old Bible instead . ’ |
| 4 | Her first sight of it gave her a severe shock . |
| 5 | Blood was dripping from her right hand , The sight of it gave her a funny cold feeling inside , and the thought flashed through her mind : ‘ Shall I be able to paint again ? ’ |
| 6 | It was serious , set in purpose , and the sight of it gave her an agreeable feeling of submission to higher powers . |
| 7 | . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’ |
| 8 | I 'm having to swim them off the steamer and tow them in a dinghy to get our put the slings on them before we left the beach and just pushed them into the water and towed them off and hook the hook the into the sling and up them to give them a good wash before they went to Kirkwall . |
| 9 | It is as if the economy , the restraint of much of the writing passed over onto them to give them a curious accidental dignity . |
| 10 | And as her body and limbs thrummed in the dizzy afterflow Fernando deepened his penetration , shuddering against her till she clung to him , grinding herself under him to give him the ultimate pleasure , to enhance every thrust he pounded into her , to draw him hard down into her power and her love . |
| 11 | It 's up to you to give him the visual reference material from which he can start planning his camera angles , his cast positionings , etc . ’ |
| 12 | The snow hook is actually on the end of the tow line so that in the unlikely event of the karabiner unhooking — as it did once on me — — the hook stays close to you giving you an outside chance of holding on to the team . |
| 13 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 14 | In point of fact the reverse ruled : I was constantly having chits thrust at me giving me a blow-by-blow account of " Charlie 's " state of health , but I was never made aware of the seriousness of Eddie 's wound , and somehow I did not know until I visited him in hospital later that morning . |
| 15 | Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise . |