Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [art] [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want more than your body , ’ he said quietly , ‘ though lord knows it 's given me a few sleepless nights ! |
| 2 | With several newly qualified teachers and many more awaiting initiation , they literally ‘ Swung ’ all over the place — adult institutes , local church halls , fetes , in fact in or on anything that would give them a few square feet of space ; one Essex teacher even did a two year S-T-R-E-T-C-H in H.M Prison , Holloway and got time off for good behaviour ( a class of course ! ) . |
| 3 | You could n't give me a few more equations just |
| 4 | But there are some standard arrangements which may give you a few helpful ideas . |
| 5 | Right as far as that writing see if I want you to remind me that 's where we 're up to next lesson and I shall give you a few more notes on that to explain about how it happens ten thousand times . |
| 6 | If you do n't , I 'll give you a few more scars to remember me by ! ’ |
| 7 | And it does give him a few funny stories to tell his mates in the pub . |
| 8 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 9 | That would give us a few extra days . " |
| 10 | When teachers give them a few simple objects ( cardboard boxes , old clothes , bits of material , and the like ) which could be the basis for playful construction , the children do n't know what to do . |
| 11 | Only three days earlier , however , he had written to another correspondent in less drastic tones : " give me a few more years and you should sense a new influence on classical studies " . |
| 12 | ‘ Give him a few more minutes , ’ Desmond advised . |
| 13 | Give him a few more seconds , then turn the car round . |
| 14 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 15 | No , she 's said , she , she ai n't got the courage to ask her for more money , so I said well just give it a few more weeks and then Anne and Brian 's turn up , if it do n't get any better then , I 'm afraid you got Anne and Brian 's . |
| 16 | ‘ Give us a few more minutes . ’ |
| 17 | . Is it possible for you to give me a few more names — of some people who are working in that field ? ’ |
| 18 | Yet he showed a certain reluctance to touch her , just giving her a few social kisses , one or two , on meeting or parting . |
| 19 | He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections . |
| 20 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 21 | I brought her up , gave her a few significant experiences , got her married , made her unhappy and killed her off . |
| 22 | So Vecchi hi-tails it out to the sanatorium , hangs around until the great man and Rico leave then gives it a few more minutes before walking in and giving Connie another grilling . |
| 23 | He gave it a few more minutes . |
| 24 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 25 | The final stage between Cresswell and Burslem gave us a few anxious moments when Dave and Richard became ensnared in City Centre traffic but they managed to complete the 24 hour Tour de Matthey with 5 minutes to spare ! |