Example sentences of "he [vb mod] give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He should give you an excellent list of precautions to take , and explain the benefits of starting a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in your road .
2 West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit .
3 He 'll give him a greater measure of liberty even so , if Harry 'll give his parole , but Harry 'll give him nothing short of a dagger .
4 I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance …
5 He 'll give you a general tour and you can decide who you 'd like to interview after that .
6 do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la
7 He 'll give you a full briefing . ’
8 send up the survey to old Hughey , he , he 'll give you a few .
9 In a hurry to find me and too tired to pay attention to detail , he might give him a cursory glance and exclaim , relieved , " Ah , there you are . "
10 It 's a heartening thought : he might give us a hard time but , at root , Bob is on our side …
11 If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater .
12 Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter .
13 ‘ Perhaps he could give you a few tips , ’ Leo said .
14 If she had the nerve , the sheer bloody brass neck , to do that , then maybe he 'd give her a few minutes .
15 When we got the vans , Ernie was with us then and he always used to sharpen her knife up so as he 'd give her a fresh one lunchtime to go , he 'd , she 'd start off up , down from where you 'd come from this morning , then she 'd go on to Wicken and do that on a Tuesday , Tuesday round .
16 He 'd give us a withering look as we slogged our way round the parade-ground , attempting to move like real soldiers .
17 Er n not really , you you may talk your way into some peasant 's house , and er er he 'd give you a scrambled egg or or something like this , and er that was something , if you got a scrambled egg .
18 If they had been beaten in a fight , he would give them a good hiding and send them back out to do the job properly .
19 Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him .
20 He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever .
21 ‘ If I asked my husband about sex with other women he would give me an honest answer . ’
22 If he owned his house , he thought to himself , he would give it a good coat of paint , put a smart gate on it .
23 He would give it a whole chapter .
24 We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis .
25 So he can give it a final tug to check it is closed .
26 He can give us a wonderful tool , a wonderful one .
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