Example sentences of "to give [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has just offered to give me a good rogering . |
| 2 | ‘ I would really prefer to teach girls , but this school was kind enough to give me a part-time job when I wanted it , so here I am ’ . |
| 3 | In so doing , they will increase our chairman 's profit margin and this in turn means he will be able to give me a three-figure budget with which to entice quality players . |
| 4 | Now I am going to ask you a simple question and you are going to give me a simple answer . ’ |
| 5 | It was just mean of him to give me a rotten old Bible instead . ’ |
| 6 | time to give me a wee shot at my blood pressure as well Doctor . |
| 7 | The first , to give me a legitimate excuse for doing this . ’ |
| 8 | ’ Would you like to give me a nice treat ? ’ |
| 9 | So , with flight planning filed , mostly mentally , I sat back and waited for the weather to give me a perfect day . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's up to me to convince Everton to give me a new contract , ’ he said . |
| 11 | There were some weekends when he would phone me up and ask if he could come round because he 'd thought of something new for me to do , and he 'd jump into his car and come all the way just to give me a new inflection on a word ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ One of these days you 're going to give me a straight answer to a straight question , ’ she explained , ‘ and the roof will fall in . ’ |
| 13 | I was then a disciple of Herbert Read 's and his " education of the senses " , but it was Basil , ill the no-nonsense power of his belief , who did much to give me a life-long conviction about the place of art education . |
| 14 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
| 15 | If the Ashford Castle Hotel now wish to give me a free suite in return for this publicity , I shall not demur . |
| 16 | I sure hope you 're not going to give me a hard time after I just travelled three thousand miles to see you , ’ Donna said , her eyes crinkling as she gave Alex another bear hug . |
| 17 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 18 | ’ I wanted Bodymap to give me a unique style , ’ she says . |
| 19 | ‘ Rainey put in some fast laps during the final stages of qualifying , so I was expecting him to give me a tough time , ’ said Doohan . |
| 20 | Sir Philip Egerton having been kind enough to give me a Frank I embrace the opportunity to send you some account of Mr. Gould and his movements , presuming that as you expressed a wish to hear of him from time to time , a letter on this subject might not be devoid of interest . |
| 21 | It was a clear night , but the radar was a mass of echoes and I asked the Belgian contact to give me an estimated course and speed of our quarry , and as a result of this we were able to pick it up . |
| 22 | I was pretty sure I would , but I just needed something to give me an extra push . ’ |
| 23 | Rob morning Twenty one minutes to six the time , if you 'd like to give me an early ring , then it 's . |
| 24 | When it seemed to be over , I went next door and called Fielding and asked him to give me an incredible amount of money . |
| 25 | ‘ I suborned Aubrey Rivington into so far forgetting his professional integrity as to give me an illicit copy of that photograph . |
| 26 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |
| 27 | But it was typical of Pound 's kindness , even to a potential enemy or rival , that he should have so persisted in trying to give me the right contacts . |
| 28 | In a modest attempt to amend the damage accumulated over centuries by this pernicious little fiction , I asked the children to give me the Other Version , particularly Eve 's , but Adam 's or God 's as well if they preferred . |
| 29 | I 'll go through it again once we 've seen the film , and ask you to give me the main points that came out of the film . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you going to give me the macho caveman act ? |