Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [noun sg] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Dad was alive he 'd give me money for the bike like a shot . |
| 2 | I 'll give you money for the assassin . |
| 3 | ‘ Hopefully it will give us confidence for the Dundalk match , ’ he told me . |
| 4 | So if you had a word with Liz I bet she 'd be delighted to give you permission for the kids to visit the old family home . ’ |
| 5 | This gave them sympathy for the victims of the slave trade and slavery and , as the abolitionist John Bowring stressed , formed a strong bond of union between them . |
| 6 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 7 | He said : it gives me hope for the future of the planet that people can work for a solution to poverty and problems and can enjoy life at the same time . |
| 8 | To beat the World No. 1 , even in an exhibition , gives me confidence for the future . ’ |
| 9 | A source of particular vulnerability for the agencies is that in its reorganization of the water industry the 1973 Water Act gives them responsibility for the management of the great majority of sewage treatment works , which in many areas are themselves significant — often principal — sources of pollution . |
| 10 | Roffman and Purdy have quite rightly stressed that Vidor 's traditional populism gave him sympathy for the underdog , but prevented him from moving towards any collectivist political situation . |
| 11 | So people gave us money for the stamps that we put on and other people gave us donations . |
| 12 | They gave us ammunition for the guns , and many people were shot . " |