Example sentences of "to give [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , tell your Mum to give me the twelve pence , er , er the two P cos erm it was n't , it was n't worth last night . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There were three words in the do n't ring yet there were three words in the title I 'll give you two you have got to give me the last one . |
| 7 | ‘ Or worse still , if he was going to have her killed , it would be a nice tidy thing to give me the same treatment , and Joel too . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to give me the macho caveman act ? |
| 10 | Scenes are also still hand-coloured in order to give them the classic Disney feel , but developments in automatic colouring systems could well change this before too long . |
| 11 | I am there to give them the ultimate challenge and I do . |
| 12 | ‘ My reward will be to give them the final yellow jersey in Manchester . ’ |
| 13 | All my young ferrets get a similar introduction to give them the necessary experience for bigger operations within major burrow systems . |
| 14 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 15 | I went on tour frequently from Simla to most of the main cities of India , speaking to Indian audiences and getting together groups of refugees from Burma to give them the latest news and to encourage them with hopes of victory and return . |
| 16 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
| 17 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 18 | That 's why we aim to empower young people to give them the maximum choice to build their own success . |
| 19 | Yes If it was something like a housewife , if you sold the husband and wife , let's say , a Cover Master or Living Assurance , or the husband 's Health Master , and the wife now wants a Health Master , then nine pound sixty might be enough to give them the maximum benefit . |
| 20 | It will be on every player 's mind when he stands on the tee to give himself the best chance of an uphill putt , whether it be from that tee shot or a subsequent approach . |
| 21 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 22 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |
| 23 | We will endeavour to give you the best possible service to ensure a trouble-free and enjoyable holiday . |
| 24 | At Parcelforce , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 25 | Whilst everyone in Parcelforce is working hard to give you the best possible service , we do sometimes make mistakes . |
| 26 | At Royal Mail , we aim to give you the best possible service and to be fair in all our dealings with you . |
| 27 | Everyone in Royal Mail is working to give you the best possible service . |
| 28 | Because they are required by law to give you the best investment advice , and unless they find out your personal details they ca n't do that . |
| 29 | Above : The great thing about this indoor pool by Cascade is that during the warm summer months the doors slide open to give you the best of both worlds . |
| 30 | In the inch wars , Ryvita helps you win — so goes the old advert punch line , but which of the two main Graphical User Interfaces is likely to be the one to give you the best operating environment ? |