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Example sentences of "[adv] give [pers pn] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The arrival of the French colonizers a few decades later had merely given them another chance to demonstrate their indomitable spirit .
2	Better give him some money .
3	Reserve your answer for the cameras , or you may inadvertently give him more fuel for his theme .
4	Yeah , so give you some knowledge about the level of your group would n't it and what does it give chance to do ?
5	So give us some indication of what sort of press release it was so that we know what we 're talking about in the
6	Bertrams by their generous returns allowance also take away some of our worries and so give us more confidence in making subscriptions , which include Reed titles .
7	perhaps give them some flexibility , is that we could say , if that 's not acceptable to you , we will delay invoicing .
8	Even if only one peg in a hundred pegger is good enough to give them that chance .
9	But we are given such a huge sweep from birth to incipient death that the movie never draws breath long enough to give us any depth or conflict .
10	I hoped this trench was deep enough , and the roof strong enough to give us some protection from the increasing mortar fire that was now coming our way .
11	That perhaps gives us some idea of what the regional taxation profile will look like .
12	They tormented her enough on the grounds of her pale skin , her thin body and her grandmother 's pretensions to gentility and the shoes only gave them another cause to tease .
13	Josh only gave him some whisky for his own good .
14	please contact us at this number , this address , erm or attract the attention of the person who has just given you this flyer .
15	She seemed to be almost floating and Maggie was astounded that the sharp stones had not given her enough pain to waken her .
16	‘ The manager has not given me any indication whether I will play but I am ready and it would be nice if I could .
17	Unfortunately , you have not given me enough information about your medical condition or the drug which you were taking to enable me to say definitely whether or not you can make a claim .
18	Unfortunately , you have not given me enough information about your medical condition or the drug which you were taking to enable me to say definitely whether or not you can make a claim .
19	If they had not given him some food , he surely would have died like his mother .
20	It is understood doctors have not given him any timescale for the progress of the cancer .
21	Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room .
22	I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia .
23	The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her .
24	No — better not give her any excuse to make that sort of trouble .
25	Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river .
26	Do not give them any alcohol , as it will stimulate further heat loss through the skin .
27	She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely .
28	Alexander asked if the doctor knew what that something was , but he could not give him any answer .
29	I was up ‘ til midnight making the gekhakte chicken liver and roasting the turkey for the sandwiches and doing the potato salad , so you 'd better not give me any nonsense about your latest low-fat diet , Rebecca , or you either , Rainbow , though a little slimming routine might not be such a bad thing for you , except today 's a special occasion , so just tuck in .
30	Another interesting question is whether you have any right of redress if , while continuing to pay your salary , your employer does not give you any work to do , perhaps sending you home and saying for some reason , ‘ Do n't call us , we 'll call you ’ .