Example sentences of "to give [pers pn] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver of a passenger lorry stopped to give me some bread and carrots . |
| 2 | ‘ Up until then I 'd been using gas and air and they were just about to give me some pethidine when all this serious discussion began . |
| 3 | Mind , it took about eight weeks to achieve that desirable state , and all they did was to give me some tablets , good food , rest and lots of kindness . |
| 4 | She said , ‘ You 'll have to give me some money out of the housekeeping . |
| 5 | Ooh , I thought I 'd got someone else to give me some money ! |
| 6 | She 's promised to give me some schooling if I can get to chapel in the mornings . |
| 7 | I 'd love a true professional to give me some tips , particularly on which brands are best . |
| 8 | Will you tell that gaoler to give me some wine ? ’ |
| 9 | Ah perhaps they 're going to give me some vitamins . |
| 10 | And please try to give me some indication of where this man can be found . ’ |
| 11 | After exchanging pleasantries , Sally asked : ‘ Ed , would you be prepared to give me some information about the Harley/Supersight contract . |
| 12 | ‘ Back home , I hoped the midwife would be able to give me some advice . |
| 13 | However , I was not prepared just to accept him with no experience at all and I asked him to give me some sort of evidence about the amount of flying he had done . |
| 14 | but if I 'd have give it , had to give them some water they 'd have done much better but I , like everybody else we kept hoping it were gon na rain , but ! |
| 15 | Their close contact with individual children or small groups seemed to give them some measure of what children can actually do in a foreign language in a relatively non-threatening way . |
| 16 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 17 | Er , has been and is continue , continuing to be whittled away , so workers in Shropshire are , are in a poor position , and , and this is an opportunity to , to give them some help , to replace some of that statutory protection which is being removed . |
| 18 | But I 'm hoping we are going to give them some problems as well . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , to give them some stick , so |
| 20 | There 's other associates who like to know beforehand roughly how much they can provide for people by way of life cover and living assurance , so that they can give the people some idea , or maybe want to sit in front of them and use the rate book to give them some idea . |
| 21 | However , an effort was made to give them some kind of compensation , by extending the provision of the afa ( beans , rice and sugar rations ) beyond the initial emergency period , and offering them free transport and free spectacles . |
| 22 | Near Fontanellato they had a cousin who owned a caseificio and had promised to give them some butter and cheese . |
| 23 | To give them some advice . |
| 24 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 25 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 26 | 6 League Games have been played as to date ( 22.06.93 ) , with 1 draw , 2 wins and 3 losses ( we have to give them some sort of chance before we give them a good thrashing ) . |
| 27 | I hope that we will be able to give them some sort of relief from the distress that I know that they will be feeling at the outcome of this case today . ’ |
| 28 | But as you said if it is your responsibility you 'll have to do it all yourself , there are lots of resources and lots of other people who can actually help you out who have the knowledge and you can use because you can use it as a development tool ca n't you for some of your members of the section to give them some training expertise . |
| 29 | We actively encourage them to take on tasks out with the role of resident to give them some leaning to their life , to give them some creativeness to actively tap some of the skills they have had as a housewife or when they were out in the community . |
| 30 | The Pilot Survey showed some monitoring , further standardisation of the equipment was essential , mainly though , I 'm going to make sure all schools have got the same pipes and connector and I 'm going to give them some solutions to test because there was a bit of variation between schools , and there will be variation geographically , so I want to be able to have a measure of any error that will be involved as well . |