Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] to give [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she has decided to give herself a year to change . |
| 2 | Even as the clamour grows for Mansell to reverse his decision to quit , the public hero has decided to give it a go in America . |
| 3 | It has a university and technical colleges , and its large student population has helped to give it a reputation as a trouble-spot Muslim fundamentalist groups are very active in Asyut , and the Coptic population is large . |
| 4 | Col. Savill has offered to give us a slide show |
| 5 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 6 | ‘ Hello , good morning , I 've come to give you a driving lesson . |
| 7 | ‘ So you 've decided to give them an airing ? ’ |
| 8 | So this being his last free Wednesday for a while , he had decided to give himself a treat . |
| 9 | gon na be worth a lot of money , with some people you 've got to give them a couple of free tickets |
| 10 | We have to be fair , we 've got to give them the compensation . |
| 11 | So the third one comes up , the other one 's brother , and he says yeah I will but first of all you 've got to give me a corn on the cob with lots of butter on it to make it all slippery . |
| 12 | — You 've got to give it a chance . |
| 13 | He said now I 've got to give you a bollocking . |
| 14 | Oi , you lot , you 've got to give us a bit of because he 's the youngest here , |
| 15 | Shortly afterwards he left the licensed dealer which then tried unsuccessfully to get him sacked from the stockbroker he had persuaded to give him a job . |
| 16 | It was the Emperor Constantine who had given Pope Sylvester the whole kingdom of the West and had attempted to give him the crown . |
| 17 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 18 | He had tried to give her an injection but it had only made her more hysterical . |
| 19 | She was delighted that Finn had returned to give her the opportunity of rejecting him . |
| 20 | As there are many variations to this recipe , I have decided to give you a list of ingredients to experiment with until you find the one you like best . |
| 21 | ‘ His best club position is centre or full-back and I have agreed to give him a shot at fullback to see how he goes . |
| 22 | ‘ [ The works committee ] have agreed to give you an assurance that the council will consult with you in the review of highway access to the area around number three basin , in accordance with the terms of the planning permission granted , and will not simply impose upon you without your agreement an entirely new point of access and exterior routing that could have an extremely detrimental effect upon the viability of your scheme . |