Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I like women , Katherine , I like to give them pleasure and to take it . |
| 32 | The idea was to give them food that was nourishing but not particularly appetizing . |
| 33 | The first thing to do is to give them food and shelter , medicine , and chance to take a bath , some clothing . |
| 34 | It really , we need to encourage the trade that Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and if it , one of the former speakers said , we need to give them aid and ascent for people who can , erm , show them what to do . |
| 35 | She stood there like a dark messiah with some unseen flock before her , and Pete could n't help but begin to assemble shapes out of the grainy darkness and to give them solidity and movement . |
| 36 | Brian Deane supports Leeds hahahahahahahahahahahahaha BRIAN DEANE , BRIAN DEANE , BRIAN DEANE Brian Deane WANTED to leave you lot and JOIN LEEDS hahahahahahahaah Never mind … youve still got … erm , … |
| 37 | ‘ I am Signora Romagnoli , ’ Wilson said calmly , ‘ and I am your landlady who you called in the middle of the night to give you food and there it is . ’ |
| 38 | In a friendly atmosphere look around at leisure and allow our experienced designers to give you advice and original ideas . |
| 39 | Your doctor will be able to give you advice and encourage you to have a smear test if appropriate . |
| 40 | To help you make the best use of our services , we have a network of Customer Care Units who will be pleased to give you advice or help , and also handle any complaints you may have . |
| 41 | Mr Miller finished writing down the details and said ruefully , ‘ I was going to give you coffee and then a tour round the rest of my animals , but there 's no time left . ’ |
| 42 | You have more reason to wish him harm than I , is n't that so ? ’ |
| 43 | ‘ Nobody is allowed to do Him mischief but me ! |
| 44 | Without answering , she got out the frying pan and began to do him bacon and eggs . |
| 45 | He chewed his way through a large and over-greasy midday meal , drank more beer than he ought to have done , took some laudanum with his brandy and water to give him sleep and felt his brain ripped open by a nightmare which wolfed down his mind in the open bleeding mouths of women . |
| 46 | I had wanted to give him hope and reassure him that he was loved , but the reality was quite overwhelming and a bit scary . |
| 47 | He was so respected by his natural enemies , the Moors , that when he was exiled by his Christian overlords , they were more than willing to give him shelter and employment . |
| 48 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 49 | Society in general is kinder too in its attitude to the widower , and is prepared to draw closer to him to give him help and support as he does his grief-work . |
| 50 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 51 | I edged behind my master , ready to give him support and wondering if Ricard had locked the door behind him . |
| 52 | As soon as he had gained control , Sandys brought about another change in the Virginia Company 's way of running things ; he told the Company 's governor in the colony to have an assembly elected from among the colonists to give him advice and to act as the legislative body to pass any local laws needed inside the colony . |
| 53 | His garments , as the New English Bible puts it , are intended " to give him dignity and honour " ( 18:2 ) — not on his own account , but as befits the One he serves and represents . |
| 54 | Just having David there seemed to give him confidence and Nick showed signs of playing really well . |
| 55 | I wanted to give him supper but he said he would take sandwiches up to his room and get on with his work . |
| 56 | Trust the colonel to give him chapter and verse . |
| 57 | Jane persuaded volunteers to give him food and attention . |
| 58 | Therefore , you 've got to give it leadership and you 've got to be seen . |
| 59 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
| 60 | Sinhalese cattle medicine called for branding the animal with particular designs in order to give it strength or to cure it of various illnesses . |