Example sentences of "to give [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm asking you to give me credit for knowing what I 'm doing , Josie . |
| 3 | The 14th tee-shot was the only one to give me concern from then on in . |
| 4 | I therefore continued to stand there awkwardly , waiting for my employer to give me permission to undertake the motoring trip . |
| 5 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 6 | At that meeting two of the Cabinet heavyweights , Willie Whitelaw and Quintin Hailsham , intervened to give me support . |
| 7 | ‘ Now who 's going to give me half-a-crown — go on then two bob — what 's the matter with you all — alright then one and six ! |
| 8 | ‘ A ’ was the only one to give me criticism . |
| 9 | ‘ One of the nurses has been coming in to give me injections every day . |
| 10 | I 'm counting on you to give me children , and I wo n't have a slur on their legitimacy . ’ |
| 11 | Then I went to Cambridge and my parents could n't afford to make up the state scholarship I 'd got — they were supposed to give me £200 a year , but they were n't able to do that , so when I left Cambridge I had a £600 overdraft . |
| 12 | I do n't need men to make me feel secure , to be a mother , to frame my morals , to pay my bills , to organize my life , to give me self-esteem . |
| 13 | You say that I have the endurance — you say it in order to give me strength . |
| 14 | I must tell him that I have recently written to all the representative small business organisations in the United Kingdom asking them to give me examples of where excessive regulation is impeding their business . |
| 15 | Without warning she reached her hand sideways and took mine and pressed it , as if to give me courage ; and perhaps to make me identify her with the original , gentle Lily . |
| 16 | You do n't have to give me clues on a plate . |
| 17 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 18 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
| 19 | I asked for my Mother to be brought from the UK to give me comfort in my husband 's place , it took 3 weeks for this to happen . |
| 20 | It has a weird effect , so bad one day that they had to give me valium to take off my bandages because I could n't handle it any more . |
| 21 | I ‘ e been trying to get your brother to give me lessons . ’ |
| 22 | I had no one left to give me advice ’ . |
| 23 | The monsters tried to give me food but I did n't care about eating . |
| 24 | However , if anyone were misguided enough to give me authority , I would certainly misuse it , so I prayed along with the rest . |
| 25 | I wish I could see more magazines , to give me ideas and guidance . ’ |
| 26 | Leaping nude into the water does tend to give me ideas , and afterwards , well , I did n't have the impression you were loathing every minute . ’ |
| 27 | He could apparently still afford to give me lamb and rice , but the mood among his friends around the table was despairing . |
| 28 | A series of brief telephone calls put me in touch with the keeper of the Chalice Well at Glastonbury who was able to give me chapter and verse on the well cover . |
| 29 | A clothing company ( Petrocelli Suits ) want to give me $2000 in clothes . |
| 30 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |