Example sentences of "[verb] to give [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Diana wants to give them the sort of holiday she believes young boys should have … not shut up in old castles . ’ |
| 2 | Kharin 's £200,000 transfer from CSKA Moscow will be completed any day now but Hitchcock wants to give him the Beasant treatment . |
| 3 | And who , at the same time , wants to give you the opportunity to do your best for yourself and your family ? |
| 4 | ‘ Everybody looks to give him the ball , so he 's sees more of it and , in my thinking , he therefore has to be fitter than anybody else . |
| 5 | I am not surprised that the Minister declines to give us the figures because is not the truth that about 60 to 80 times the amount of money is being spent per capita on students at the city technology college than is spent on pupils at secondary schools in Sunderland and surrounding boroughs ? |
| 6 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 7 | Genoa boasted a powerful ancient landed nobility whose surplus wealth helped to give it the capital for its commercial enterprises ; but it also needed to import food and raw materials from elsewhere , and enjoyed a powerful economic motive for becoming a centre of commerce . |
| 8 | One better take her parachute jumping and forgo forget to give her the parachute . |
| 9 | Thus the expansion of larger manufacturing firms was designed to give them the opportunity to expand output with protection from fluctuations in demand given by avoiding any excessive accumulation of fixed costs . |
| 10 | All the holidays in this brochure are specially designed to give you the chance to see Italy as we see it , to experience the truly unique character , the natural beauty and the very varied flavours found throughout our country . |
| 11 | Although you may be perfectly entitled to take others to task and even issue a number of ultimatums , you ought to be more concerned with plans designed to give you the kind of personal or professional recognition you seek and deserve . |
| 12 | The Valor Revue is designed to give you the features you need for perfect results in the kitchen . |
| 13 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 14 | The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . |
| 15 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 16 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 17 | We want to give them the opportunity to put their own language into practice in a genuine effort to communicate . |
| 18 | They want to give them the confidence to grow into caring and hard-working adults who will grasp opportunities and take their responsibilities seriously . |
| 19 | ‘ We want to give him the chance to tell us how this strong criticism of him is not justified . |
| 20 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 21 | His father now refuses to give him the partnership . |
| 22 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 23 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 24 | ‘ He believes he can beat me so I 'm going to give him the opportunity to try . ’ |
| 25 | The dad will just give them the cheque , you know , they 've got thirty five pounds , pocket money just for , you know his dad 's going to give him the other . |
| 26 | It shuts him up for the time being , and I 'm not going to give him the satisfaction of thinking his insolence cuts any ice with me . |
| 27 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 28 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 29 | Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan . |
| 30 | Right facing this way Simon can you turn round as well please , Robert Right the first game very easy , I 'm going to point to somebody , we 're going to go through the alphabet , they 're going to give me the name of an animal . |