Example sentences of "[vb mod] give [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must give me leave to confide in the prince , and I make the same promise for him . |
| 2 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 3 | Now if you see somebody going into this state , you must give them sugar , it 's no good waiting till they 've fainted or become unconscious because you ca n't give them anything then , can you ? |
| 4 | They too wish to display their dancers ' bodies at their fullest extension , therefore they must give them time , rhythm and space in which to move . |
| 5 | And I must give them quittance . |
| 6 | It pointed out that a prisoner might die , before the information had been extracted , if the torture was too severe : ‘ One must give them pain to make them respond quickly , to make them afraid , not to kill them , but to bring them close to death . ’ |
| 7 | We must give him nourishment for it 's a very lowering , debilitating disease . |
| 8 | Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ? |
| 9 | Perhaps there are clues in the archetype of the Great Mother ; we must bear in mind , though , that we can not go back to some primitive image of the priestess , but must give it life and meaning in today 's terms . |
| 10 | To die , to sleep ; To sleep : perchance to dream : aye , there 's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil , Must give us pause . |
| 11 | Must give us pause . |
| 12 | ‘ In Germany , even with 10 men , we had two good chances against them , and that must give us hope . |
| 13 | If you must give us presents , make sure they 're safe and sensible , and designed for pets . |
| 14 | No court can or should give him direction on such a matter . |
| 15 | No court can or should give him direction upon such a matter . |
| 16 | There is no one else on the Tory Benches , so perhaps we should give them time to get someone in to act as the Minister 's runner . |
| 17 | They 'll try to incorporate her appearance into the ritual , which should give me time to slip in . ’ |
| 18 | There remain certain continuities which should give us pause . |
| 19 | No requiems should give us peace . |
| 20 | And that should give us food for thought ; while his uncle William in Frome , amongst others , was receiving poor relief at the rate of between 1s. and 4s. per fortnight , here , in the same year of 1799 , the nephew-made-good was handing over what amounted to about a year 's dole payments to join an exclusive club in the metropolis . |
| 21 | ‘ I should give it time , darling . |
| 22 | Er do they should give you income support as opposed to unemployment benefit . |
| 23 | I do recommend starting with a nine sheet pattern ( see page 77 ) but a fairly simple pattern just to begin with should give you confidence to go on to bigger and better things . |
| 24 | ‘ Somebody should give you practice drinking your own whisky . |
| 25 | Your solicitor should give you information about charges at the outset , and will be happy to discuss in advance any particular points on the cost you wish to raise . |
| 26 | It was never a question of somebody saying ‘ we have a depression , let's give them depression movies ’ but given the new dispensation it was Hollywood 's instinct to come up with just that added edge that the age required in its films . |
| 27 | Where the defendant has no defence then , if he is unable to come to an arrangement with the plaintiff as to payment , the court may give him time to pay ( Ord 37 , r 4 ) . |
| 28 | And he turned toward the East and knelt and said , Holy Mary Mother , and all Saints , pray to God for me , that he may give me strength to destroy all the Pagans , and to win enough from them to requite my friends therewith , and all those who follow and help me . |
| 29 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 30 | They may delay the decision , in confusion or conflict over the choice now open to them ; but their bodies may give them messages . |