Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCT has given me such a lot as I have moved twice when each of my children was 6 months , and as I attended really brilliant ante-natal classes before I had … and now that I am starting out on my ante-natal teacher training which will cost the branch £250 ( This is actually the cheapest training offered by any charity e.g. a Relate counsellor costs £600 to train ! ) , |
| 2 | I could n't say , You 'd give them such a shock that it 'd come as small fry when Darling Bina said she wanted a career on the stage . |
| 3 | People will back you 101pc now so any venture or enterprise you put into practice will give you all a chance to pull together to attain an aim . |
| 4 | By Gareth Parry AS THIS column is just over a year old , I thought I 'd give you all a bit of a break , and write about the psychology of DIY . |
| 5 | They said they 'd more likely give you all a bit tom tomorrow . |
| 6 | But at last with your help I 've conquered the cut and sew , I could give you all a hug . |
| 7 | Right and now Tracy will give you all a piece of paper er , keep it secret write your name , fold it and . |
| 8 | I 'll give you half a tankard of beer and some bread . ’ |
| 9 | Like the horrid man in Hampstead ( he was one of them ) who said , I 'll give you half a dollar if you can prove it does n't go into someone 's pocket . |
| 10 | The next time she saw him , she would give him such a tongue-lashing that his ears would ring for a week ! |
| 11 | Much is contingent on the intelligence of our political systems and the chances of world history which may yet give us such a fright that something commensurable to the strides made by the creation of the UN in 1945 will be made possible . |
| 12 | I am this is gon na give us all a laugh ! |
| 13 | Oh do you have to sing and give us all a headache |
| 14 | And if the shot went well he 'd give us half a crown and say : ‘ Buy yourself some sweets . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And we could make an even better team if you 'd give us half a chance . ’ |
| 16 | I 've given you all a choice , but you 're the only one who is getting it straight , all cards on the table . |
| 17 | And he give them all a ticket out the machine and |
| 18 | What I suggest you do is , sort of , give them all a base coat , you know , like do all this mid-brown , but darker brown on the shell okay ? |
| 19 | Mm give them all a chance to catch up with you then . |
| 20 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 21 | Got ta share it all out perfect even why do n't you say , stick it on the wall , give them each a piece of paper and they 've got ta do it I 've got an idea , you can compile a quiz |
| 22 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 23 | Give me this a minute . . |
| 24 | Oh gin oh give me half a glass though , oh thank you |
| 25 | Oh gin oh give me half a glass though , oh thank you |
| 26 | he give me some a couple of months ago when we . |
| 27 | I 'm saying erm , if I give you all a mailbox number immediately and then you never actually log in to your computers to see whether or not you 've got any mail that 's arrived , then there 's absolutely no point in doing that is there ? |
| 28 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
| 29 | ‘ Give you half a minute to get in or be chucked in , ’ said Joe . |
| 30 | ‘ Just give her half a glass , Saul , ’ Becky orders , putting her hand on her brother-in-law 's carrot-coloured sleeve . |