Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [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 | That 's it and let them , let them get on with it in the middle of bloody summer with a pint of water and say , look , that pint of water has to last you the day . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | I understand that the Prime Minister wants to call it the opt-in clause . |
| 8 | Which means the guarantor no longer has to pay you the rent so you you do n't really want to forego that either , yeah . |
| 9 | Now there 's the video of the film of the book launched by Morse 's creator , Colin Dexter , who wants to show us the Oxford the inspector Morse knows and loves . |
| 10 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 11 | He collects it from the door when it arrives to spare her the embarrassment of being seen by the boy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His father now refuses to give him the partnership . |
| 14 | Though he prefers to call it the Hospice Coast to Coast , ramblers have already nicknamed the route Clapperton 's Way . |
| 15 | But on other occasions , to use a phrase of Nietzsche , ‘ a thought comes when ‘ it ’ wants , not when I want ’ , explodes and opens out too fast in in too complex ramifications to be disciplined , takes bold analogical leaps in defiance of logical rigour ; the problem on which it centres is obscure , defining itself in the process of being solved , and as he struggles to formulate it the thought is running in another direction , yet he yields to the flow out of a vague intimation that it will circle back ; for the final effort to force the argument into a coherent and publicly testable form — the only assurance even for himself that he is illumined and not deluded — he waits until the time comes to complete it on paper . |
| 16 | I 'm sure Anne could change him if she wanted to , but she seems to like him the way he is . |
| 17 | Walking pace often seems to give us the pulse of a movement ; and walking pace and heartbeat are often linked . |
| 18 | He is the first historian who purports to give us the texts which Lanfranc had quoted in 1072- and , of course , they now contain the forged additions . |
| 19 | He was so desperate to work again that he begged Columbia Pictures to give him the role of Maggio in From Here to Eternity ( 1953 ) . |
| 20 | If a very close relative offers to lend you the money in return for an interest-free repayment of the loan , take up the offer , if you know that he or she genuinely will not miss the money . |
| 21 | Spunk accepts a glass or two of firewater and is led to the sack , where he proceeds to give her the pasting of a lifetime . |
| 22 | Well God knows to tell you the truth there . |