Example sentences of "[noun sg] give it [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Let mummy give it to you . |
2 | But I think it 's time , I think we both agree that the time er well used because it 's for the because your Lordship will have a better understanding of the evidence when the plaintiff and the defendant give it from the witness box . |
3 | A herb will protect them , says the disguised angel to the brothers ; a shepherd gave it to him : |
4 | The poet gave it to Alice Stopford Green wife of that frail and ‘ singularly attractive ’ priest of St. Philip 's , Stepney , who awoke one day to find himself famous with the publication of his Short History of the English People , one of the most vivid and colourful of histories , first issued in 1874 and later ( 1877–80 ) expanded to four handsome illustrated volumes . |
5 | And in gratitude , ‘ the old lady gave it to my father . ’ |
6 | But it is worthwhile to reiterate that , in a sense , every book published about recent history is of value as a source and the conventional ‘ official ’ documentation does not necessarily occupy in recent history the commanding place which its comparative isolation in a sea of illiteracy gives it in earlier epochs . |
7 | Well er firstly , he can , even if it 's his money give it to his wife as his partner , and she could then invest the money , and because she 's not paying any tax , er she could get a ten percent return , so she could actually get a thousand pounds on that ten thousand and that would be payable gross . |
8 | On the evening of Jan. 12 it was announced that the existing six-member High Security Council had that day , by virtue of a mandate to preserve continuity given it by the Constitutional Council , resolved " that it is impossible to continue the election process until the necessary conditions are fulfilled for the normal functioning of institutions " . |
9 | Nevertheless the influence of Parliament in this respect could be considerable and the need to give it at least a certain amount of information about foreign affairs could hardly be avoided . |
10 | It would be a criminal waste to give it to most women . ’ |
11 | ‘ My husband gave it to me just after we married , ’ she said . |
12 | One of the band gave it to him earlier . |
13 | It certainly did n't merit the name given it by the Danes , who invented it . |
14 | Among the scattered debris he found a watch which he kept as souvenir until shortly before he died when he asked his nephew , John , to take the watch and try and trace a relative of the crew to give it to . |
15 | ‘ Gran gave it to him . ’ |
16 | A policeman gave it to me . |
17 | France benefits from the continuity of its space effort , and the high priority given it by governments . |
18 | The profession has managed to offer CPD on a shoestring up until the mid-1980s but henceforth some funding will have to be found if it is to fulfil the role given it by the membership . |
19 | This chapter is intended to illustrate the operation of community policing in Easton , and in the process to assess the commitment given it by the ordinary policemen and women who carry it out , looking separately at the units responsible for community relations and neighbourhood policing . |
20 | You see it likewise as your noble lord gave it to me on his deathbed . ’ |
21 | ‘ Perhaps that 's because it was a private home until its owner gave it to the National Trust . |
22 | Cos erm they gave it to this woman and the woman gave it to me . |
23 | ‘ Though your mother wore the ring every day after my father gave it to her , Maria noticed that her hand was bare when she left . ’ |
24 | My father gave it to me for my seventeenth birthday . |
25 | Roger Frey , de Gaulle 's Minister of Information in January 1959 , argued : ‘ broadcasting is a means of communication between the state and public opinion ; it would be absurd for the government to give it to those who , via the press or otherwise , seek merely to criticize its actions ’ . |
26 | Tonight she needed a long soft loving , and he was the man to give it to her . |
27 | ‘ The man gave it to my husband , who did n't ask for names , he was just so pleased to see it . ’ |
28 | ‘ A parishioner gave it to me . |
29 | ‘ Me ma gave it to 'im when they was married . |
30 | He tells everybody his sister gave it to him for Christmas and he does n't really want one , but what with the job and all his meetings it comes in handy . |