Example sentences of "[adv] give [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 2 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 3 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 4 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 5 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 6 | But they would have only given you a book for |
| 7 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 9 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |
| 10 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 11 | Better give me a game gon na thrash you whenever I could of thrashed at whatever ! |
| 12 | " You better give me a scotch . " |
| 13 | See you 've got your purse in your bag you better give me the money |
| 14 | Right , you 'd better give them a shout , there are n't that many actually |
| 15 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | Now anybody who er who would like to see more sex on television , better give us a ring now I suppose O nine O four six four six four one if you er if you think the er Buddha of Suburbia which is erm has really upset Mary quite considerably . |
| 17 | If you need owt you better give us a ring . |
| 18 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 19 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 20 | Also it would be very wasteful of pump power and , depending where the transfer pipe entered the second filter/filter chamber , would not necessarily give you the oxygenation you wish for . |
| 21 | He 'd show her , and even if she did n't appreciate the work it would perhaps give him a moment to think , to recover his poise . |
| 22 | You must only give her an ounce every hour , and you will only start when I tell you , and stop immediately I order you to . |
| 23 | The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite . |
| 24 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 25 | I can only give you a tool for good . |
| 26 | If you omit to declare the steps and have the wrong answer , he can only give you a zero mark . |
| 27 | Yet AMP is prepared to embark on a £1bn adventure , representing over 6 per cent of its assets , which at best will only give it a share of the British life insurance market of between 2 and 2.5 per cent . |
| 28 | Changes in the deflated total output figures , therefore , can really only give us an estimate of the true changes in the nation 's physical output . |
| 29 | Also , he is one of the best man-man markers Ive seen … basically give him a job and he 'll do it . |
| 30 | ‘ You can learn a lot from Dr Streeter , so give her a chance . ’ |