Example sentences of "to give [pers pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank wanted David to give me a down-sweep with the baton , but as anyone can observe , when I am in full flight I 'm really running high , and this presented David with a problem as he is quite a short fellow . |
| 2 | I just want people to give me a chance to help others . ’ |
| 3 | If only Clive Rice had not been dropped by South Africa , maybe I could have persuaded the England selectors to give me a chance … |
| 4 | It will take a great deal of money to do it properly and I 'm only interested in doing it if I have the support to give me a chance of winning . |
| 5 | I used to give my mother the lot , she used to give me a shilling back . |
| 6 | While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 7 | ‘ While I knew he was only trying to give me a kick up the backside for my own good , I felt really , really low . |
| 8 | The the point Peter er is making is do n't make it out to us because if you if you give me a cheque to Worsley I 've got to go to Peter 's house and and then get him to give me a cheque and then I 've got to go to either Kerry or Bob and get them |
| 9 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 10 | I know you will he disappointed but I really would like you to give me a change . " |
| 11 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 12 | So the third one comes up , the other one 's brother , and he says yeah I will but first of all you 've got to give me a corn on the cob with lots of butter on it to make it all slippery . |
| 13 | A little joke to give me a shock . |
| 14 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 15 | There 's a couple of friends I know who might be able to give me a bed for the night . |
| 16 | ‘ Are n't you intending to give me a dress allowance ? ’ |
| 17 | He 's offered to give me a reading list , and he says he does n't see why I should n't use some of the laboratory equipment for my practical work . " |
| 18 | They had to give me a brandy , I were in a right state me ! |
| 19 | Er , if anybody 's got any items that they have n't told me about tonight and they go before perhaps you 'd be kind enough to give me a phone call . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , are n't you going to give me a clue as to what 's going on in your mind ? ’ she went on . |
| 21 | I 'm just rubbing it out a little bit to give me a bit more space |
| 22 | ‘ And when , ’ demanded the Countess of Donnington of her daughter , ‘ are you going to give me a date ? |
| 23 | Get that splendid girl of yours to give me a date or two and I 'll see if we can fix something up fairly promptly . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , he comes round to give me a clip round the ear and give me hassle . |
| 25 | I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . |
| 26 | Once when I was in design and technology class , I asked him to give me a screw and he said , ‘ See me after school and I 'll give you one . ’ |
| 27 | Just got him to give me a mint gasping for it |
| 28 | I want everybody to give me a word for the younger , younger girl . |
| 29 | In his usual way , as soon as the film started , George begin to give me a run down on the technical assets I might otherwise be missing . |
| 30 | she 'll have to give me a mile start oh I say |