Example sentences of "[vb base] give [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 2 | ‘ Just stop giving me a hard time and leave me alone . ’ |
| 3 | In fact , the new Microchip machines have every feature you could wish for , including Crease Save to give you a nice rest from heavy ironing sessions . |
| 4 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 5 | Quickly , I thread my way through the semi-darkness high backstage , and turn to give her a reassuring wave . |
| 6 | odd fifty P here , and pound here and I always try to give them a little bit . |
| 7 | This book , these books are quite good because they do give you a little bit of explanation . |
| 8 | ‘ My God , they do give you a red face when you 're least expecting it . ’ |
| 9 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 10 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 11 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 12 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 13 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 14 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 15 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 16 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |
| 17 | They 've given us a German prisoner of war again . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 19 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |
| 20 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 21 | Oh god I 've give you a bloody handful now so that was stupid . |
| 22 | If the Ashford Castle Hotel now wish to give me a free suite in return for this publicity , I shall not demur . |
| 23 | for my biscuit today and for myself I had a dinosaur , Miss gave me a whole dinosaur and I had the head arms , erm , the head of the big one |
| 24 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 25 | They may be bottom of the table but their latest signings have given them a new lease of life . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |
| 27 | Addressing the Institute of Housing in 1989 , the Junior Minister of Housing said of housing associations : ‘ We have given them a vital job to do . |
| 28 | Though I enjoyed the book immensely it did seem that to an extent Mayle had used the plot to answer the numerous critics who , riddled by jealousy at the success of his two books ( Toujour Provence was the second ) , have given him a good going over . |
| 29 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 30 | Ten years with Courtaulds Italia , based in Milan , have given him a Mediterranean outlook on life which squares easily with the goals of Single Market integration . |