Example sentences of "[be] give [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her father 's loving- ( or lying- ) competition , designed though it may be to give her the best part of England ( which he is also giving himself , of course , since he intends to live in retirement with her ) , and revealing , in a way , his love for her , is nevertheless so constructed that she would have to compete with hypocrisy in order to win . |
| 32 | The honourable thing would be to give her the house . |
| 33 | ‘ My reward will be to give them the final yellow jersey in Manchester . ’ |
| 34 | It is in the management of effective communications that ‘ parents know best ’ and this is the area where we need to be giving them the very best of our attention . |
| 35 | We shall certainly be giving him the ball at every opportunity . |
| 36 | looked around and said well he said looked at me said er well cos he was just about to g throw a wobbly and say , well surely the sales department should be dealing with this , should be should be giving him the information and he he just turned round and gave the aforementioned quote and I just sort of went yes it is . |
| 37 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 38 | ‘ I 'd better be getting back or the foreman will be giving me the sack . ’ |
| 39 | Along with TETRA we 'll be giving your the final five cards next month . |
| 40 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 41 | ‘ I 'm giving her the chance to show what she can do , ’ Lucy retorted , then left the table before tears of frustration could betray the bitter hurt raging within her . |
| 42 | ‘ Well , I 'm giving her the benefit of the doubt , ’ said Loretta . |
| 43 | It said , " I 'm probably saying more than I should , but as I 'm giving you the information without you asking for It , I do n't think it 's covered by the rules . |
| 44 | ‘ I 'm giving you the chance to escape . |
| 45 | The uniforms were giving her the once-over . |
| 46 | While Hyacinth awarded marks , others , just as predatory , were giving her the eye . |
| 47 | ‘ In Bishopsgate there was a man lying on the ground and other people were giving him the kiss of life . ’ |
| 48 | And wh what they did , they carried out this test and they er in American and they erm were giving him the pills . |
| 49 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 50 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 51 | I do n't want you to give me your answers now , I am as it were giving you the opportunity now , over lunch , to consider this matter . |
| 52 | " Well , her young man 's given her the go-by , " Mrs. Butler said , " and she 's very upset about it . |
| 53 | I expect Oliver 's given you the impression that I was a virgin when I got married . |
| 54 | All Glen 's got ta do is give me the car , if he does n't |
| 55 | That 's give her the start and then you |
| 56 | The rationale for school self-evaluation is that the most effective means of improving the quality of the education provided by schools is to give them the responsibility for reviewing their own performance and for carrying out any reforms which seem necessary in consequence . |
| 57 | And I think one might go on to argue that far from saving labour it creates it — that its function is to give one the task of understanding it . |
| 58 | One of the reasons for arranging it is to give you the chance to be responsible for your own learning while you are on the placement . |
| 59 | The purpose of the rest of this book is to give you the information you need to compile the missing nutritional manual that will tell you what is just right for your body . |
| 60 | And erm the we are given or they h one of the reasons or the purposes behind Confirmation is to give us the strength to use the gifts which God 's al has already given us . |