Example sentences of "to give we [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I ask my hon. Friend , please , to give us that opportunity as soon as possible .
2 We would love to put out title on the line , if the IRB had the guts and the vision to give us that chance .
3 all afternoon , and all we 'd done , we 'd just have the lights on , to give us minimum lights , you could n't use no machinery
4 The whole point of investing this money on auditing is to give us possible feed back . .
5 Mr Heseltine replied : ‘ The only phone calls Mr Major will make will be to 20 of his colleagues , inviting them to join his government and prepare the Queen 's Speech , which is clearly , in outline , to continue the reforms that are necessary in this country to continue to give us firm leadership and government . ’
6 We will divide our people — some to the Rorim and the Circle , and some to the outer wall to give us advance warning . ’
7 Now when we were taught sums like that , probably erm they were written down and we had special ways of writing it to distinguish between the two cases four times and then two plus one added together , to give us four times three equals twelve , or , four times two , which is eight , add one , which is nine .
8 It is not helpful in telling us why individuals are where they are , and it is unlikely to give us real clues about possible future developments .
9 He continued : ‘ She is very resilient and was able to give us good information about what happened . ’
10 We had persuaded our landladies to give us packed lunches in place of the statutory second meal .
11 There are behind-the-scenes flurries as the sheet-covered frock is brought out of storage — by ladies dressed in white coats and white gloves so that the masterpiece is n't stained — and the model changes to give us another twirl .
12 Remember that the NCT is about parenting and we 'd be delighted to hear from any fathers who 'd like to give us another viewpoint of parenthood ?
13 ' I was ah — I was just thinking that we really must — must get Willy to give us another shot of his old car ; you know , the Mini he bombs up and down the sands on sometimes ?
14 We are constantly talking to the press try and persuade them to give us more coverage .
15 The Minister , who has access to more information than I have and who is ably supported by his civil servants , may be able to give us more news on that front this morning .
16 ‘ Yes , ’ I said , looking round for the waitress to give us more coffee , ‘ I still hate vomit .
17 As we made our way through 1944 the advancing Allied forces were able to give us more room — by that I mean there was more Allied occupied ( and therefore less hostile ) territory for us to fly over in order to get to our targets .
18 Two producers in Bristol , Tony Hoyland and Peter Lilley , were being encouraged to give us more weight and status by doing discussion programmes with representatives of other countries , including those behind the Iron Curtain .
19 We extended the hours of service considerably , right away , and managed to persuade Charlie Crane , manager of the city 's main hotel , Grant Hall , to give us free use of a room on the top floor at the back of the building .
20 We would advise you to give us sufficient notice , usually 12 working days prior to Auction date , once a suitable property has been found that you are interested in .
21 The first is , where is Lincoln going , Lincolnshire going to left after the local erm , government commission put their proposals forward and the government have a look at them , and then secondly , what our , as we note from Item Eleven , a fuller report will be brought to this sub-committee when the local government staff commission or the Secretary of State to give us definitive advice .
22 But if you look deeper into it , you 'll find that it 's really calculated to give us inferior education and deny us full rights as human beings .
23 But we are given such a huge sweep from birth to incipient death that the movie never draws breath long enough to give us any depth or conflict .
24 to give us both sides of the argument so we 'll see what they have to say and er invite people 's calls as well see what they think about it .
25 They came in today to give us this talk about kind of er , kind of erm , money we 're gon na get , whatever today , you know , like they said about the Poll Tax
26 I hoped this trench was deep enough , and the roof strong enough to give us some protection from the increasing mortar fire that was now coming our way .
27 Once the report is ready for distribution I hope Planning and Co-ordination will be able to give us some assistance as you did with the first plan .
28 ‘ I 'm gon na get Mickey to give us some money !
29 You do n't have to make a firm commitment but obviously we like you to give us some idea of your availability .
30 ‘ Later on , I 'll ask you to give us some help .
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