Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 2 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
| 3 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 4 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |
| 5 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 7 | ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’ |
| 8 | The club was expected to give him a run next week in one of two friendlies against non-League opposition , but last night coach Eddie May said : ‘ He is a good lad but is just a non-starter now . |
| 9 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
| 10 | I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . |
| 11 | Afterwards , her eight-year-old brother was told to give her a cold bath . |
| 12 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 13 | He was going to give her a job . |
| 14 | Having set it up , he said he was going to give us a demonstration coaching session . |
| 15 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 16 | The glare from the sun was beginning to give her a headache , and she wished that she had never undertaken this ridiculous trip . |
| 17 | Often the farmers ' produce was subsidised to give him a living whilst another subsidy on the food in the shops kept prices artificially low — so wages could be pegged too . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |
| 19 | He used to send me postcards from abroad and he popped in when ‘ Bizarro ’ was released to give me a copy , ’ says Graham Williams , the journalist who wrote the paper 's weekly pop column . |
| 20 | There was an equine ‘ flu scare on and I was advised to give him a booster , which I did . |