Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 2 | The doctors had given me strict orders to keep warm while I was recuperating and there was no heating at all in the house , ’ said Mrs Easby . |
| 3 | It may not apply to anything but I know in the past when she 's given me those things to try erm she 's got a book at home and it 'll say erm particular |
| 4 | Since the 1920s women have been free of the burden of high fertility which previously would have given them young children to cope with for more than two decades of their adult life . |
| 5 | We 've had times when we 've written to commercials and given them free tickets to dig ourselves out of a hole and things . |
| 6 | instead , arranging activities together will help the young person to know that you care and will give them other things to do . |
| 7 | You could give them two minutes to check with their neighbours what they think has happened . |
| 8 | We must give them suitable materials to work with — suitable tools — brushes , paper , paints , etc . |
| 9 | Nevertheless because they are supposed to be men of wide experience and outstanding capability the bishop may from time to time give them particular tasks to do in connection with parish priests . |
| 10 | Mr Ryabov 's defection will give them enough votes to block the two-thirds majority that is needed to change the constitution . |
| 11 | But we are responding by saying , well , we will give you six weeks to respond when we notify . |
| 12 | Well I can give you some names to start with ! |
| 13 | The national coach will give you some sequences to practise and these usually illustrate some theme that he wants you to work on . |
| 14 | And then you can have your own fractions and you can just play with them and erm I 'll give you some sums to do with your own fractions . |
| 15 | I 'll give you twenty minutes to get ready . ’ |
| 16 | The bookseller will give you ten shillings change . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll give you ten seconds to open this door . |
| 18 | For example , the Oxford Book of Death will give you short texts relating to death , and selections from longer texts you might want to read all the way through if you are interested in the topic . |
| 19 | Did they give you any drops to use Bob ? |
| 20 | I 'll give you 24 hours to get off my turf or I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 21 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 22 | VLIW technology running on Sparc will give us other markets to break into … and it 'll be great for Solaris too , if it is binary compatible . ’ |
| 23 | Scuba World in its magnanimity has given you five chances to get it right . |
| 24 | No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying |
| 25 | Fabbio did his homework among the downsizing-bent corporates which gave him the idea for Dazel : exploit the need for managing information in the network environment and give them instantaneous links to fax , printers , voice and E-mail . |
| 26 | Give me eight hours to get ready and you 're on . ’ |
| 27 | Give me five minutes to unsaddle Bess and come and have a drink with me . " |
| 28 | Now , just give me five minutes to drink some coffee and I 'll ring Geoffrey . ’ |
| 29 | Give me two minutes to get some clothes on . ’ |
| 30 | Give me two days to raise the clan , and oh-ho for Inveraray Castle in a blaze ! |