Example sentences of "give [pers pn] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it would give them some idea , at least they would now understand how things were . |
| 2 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 3 | Given the new licensing laws for teachers I shall give them some experience of the post 16+ area before embarking on the lower school work with which under the former arrangement I would normally have begun . |
| 4 | That he won a points decision against the Californian Mark Wills at Wembley will give them some reassurance that the British heavyweight champion could give a reasonable account of himself against an opponent who will not crumple easily . |
| 5 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |
| 6 | This is Local Government Information unit , which is funded from all of the Local Authority Associations , and they have taken an interest in the passing of the environmental bills and they ran , we do give them some help , which we did . |
| 7 | I 'll give them some cheese on toast . |
| 8 | Mum it 's pussy cat , pussy cat have some pie for , where mummy do n't give them some pie and pussy cat , pussy cat up in London , there 's two about pussy cats |
| 9 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 10 | Now , it 's obviously a bit of a gamble , we might give them some money , we might not get anything from it , but we might get a major feature film , or a major television series , which would be very worthwhile indeed . |
| 11 | They did not hope for any tangible support for their undertaking , but a charter would give them some standing in England , allow them to create a legal government , and possibly convince any enquiring Spaniards that they were not simply setting up a pirate base . |
| 12 | and let's give them some encouragement by awarding them the goal of the week … it was their first against Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night scored by centre forward Chris Pike … we want more |
| 13 | The thought occurred to him that he should give them some orders , but he could n't think of any . |
| 14 | A strange circle — not all of one tribe or one nation , but ever-present , as though rubbing up against him would give them some strength . |
| 15 | Parents will not concern their very young children with the details of the doctrine , as that is quite unnecessary for the establishment of the early conscience , but they should at least give them some introduction to it as soon as the need becomes obvious from their inevitable questions . |
| 16 | Before he can deal with them systematically he must give them some permanence of form . |
| 17 | And if somebody says ‘ Well , are you feeling better today than you did yesterday ? ’ you 'll give them some sort of answer . |
| 18 | ‘ But if you could give me some minutes of your time , I 'd happily delay my visit , ’ she suggested — and silently added , or not go to Prague at all . |
| 19 | Well if you can give me some reassurance |
| 20 | I go up to the counter say , erm , I 'd like this please , but it 's actually got this tear in it , or whatever 's wrong with it , erm , can you give me some discount ? |
| 21 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 22 | He said I 'll come up he said if it 's more than thirty pound Ange , he said you can give me some money next week . |
| 23 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 24 | Could you please give me some idea of the practicality of converting an 88 inch Series III using the V8 Rover engine to an automatic . |
| 25 | I wonder if you could give me some idea what a leaflet similar to the attached would cost to produce , i.e. one spot colour throughout and full colour cover , say , 10,000 copies ? |
| 26 | Can you can you give me some idea of erm w what it was like to start in the quarry as an apprentice ? |
| 27 | Can you give me some idea of some of the other trades that were represented in the er in the shop ? |
| 28 | Can you give me some idea as to their sexual and marital mores ? |
| 29 | Can you give me some idea of the eff the effect that say a death would ha when your what effect did your brother 's death have on the family ? |
| 30 | Can you give me some idea of erm h how you started up with him in the first place ? |