Example sentences of "give [pers pn] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 2 | He was pondering how to chat him up without attracting too much attention from Blanche and Eddy , when he heard the superintendent ask the man from the Drugs Squad who exactly had given them the tip-off in the first place . |
| 3 | Keyhole cockpits are now almost universal but high density polyethylene is still unique to Prijon and has given them the edge in plastic white water kayak design . |
| 4 | Now we have n't got X in it yet so we ca n't give them the answer in that form cos they |
| 5 | two , of regulation seventeen , perhaps I 'd just give you the reference in er I 'm sure it must be there , page , page twelve , one , one is regulation seventeen |
| 6 | By the way the lot of seemed to be played in Hertfordshire these days , and one of the great days is at Harpenden and that 's on September the first on Sunday , when they have their annual single-wicket competition , and that 's a great local event and it 's bound to encourage all the young cricketers in the neighbourhood , they 're trying to make up for the lack of cricket in schools , so well done Harpenden and that is on Sunday next , er , er , first of September and I 'll give you the time in a minute if I can find it , when it is , it does n't say , but it 's probably all day at the Harpenden club , well done Harpenden encouraging young people to play cricket , Sunday first September . |
| 7 | Cost reductions there are many , many actions we 've taken and so lots of the cost reduction is the accumulation of er of rather smaller ones , but the main ones are redundancy , sadly , more redundancy and we 'll give you the numbers in a second er we 've asked our suppliers for greater discounts or better discounts and been successful here . |
| 8 | You get scratching those heads and I 'll give you the answer in three minutes from now . |
| 9 | before he comes along and er ask er to put me one on and I can give him the money in the bet , |
| 10 | A higher vantage point would give her the advantage in battle if the creatures returned . |
| 11 | These will ensure that our graduates emerge with the versatility and professionalism to back up their academic knowledge and give them the edge in the market place . |
| 12 | Yeah under question things and they give you the answers in blue . |
| 13 | Give you the details in the cab . |
| 14 | If for some reason it is impossible for you to give them the help in the house they need , a Home Help can be provided by the local authority social services department . |
| 15 | Multiply this by 4.55 to give you the capacity in litres . |
| 16 | It was to meet cases of this kind that Equity invented the great remedies of specific performance and injunction : specific performance to compel a man actually to do what he has promised — to give you the land in return for the money , to pay you the purchase money in return for the land ; injunction to forbid him to do what he has promised not to do or what he has no right to do — to forbid him to open the public house or the music-school , to forbid him to build so as to block up your light , even to compel him to pull down the objectionable wall ; the last sort of injunction is called mandatory . |
| 17 | If you were so evidently inept , why did the company see fit to give you the job in the first place ? |
| 18 | Multiply length × breadth × depth to give you the volume in cubic feet . |
| 19 | He earned his position by forcing Fox head Steve Roth to give him the lead in the much-touted The Good Son and $8 million in return for doing Home Alone 2 . |
| 20 | To name but three : Protestants everywhere insisted upon the necessity of allowing the laity to worship in the vernacular , giving them the cup in communion , and allowing the clergy to marry . |
| 21 | It 's a quality project and is further endorsement that our wide and deep rooted experience in building and refurbishing hospitals is giving us the advantage in this sector of the market . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ All credit to Gavin gave me the ball in the end , with a little persuasion . |
| 23 | God gave them the lands in sacred trust , thousands of years ago . |
| 24 | When the forwards gave them the ball in the opening four tour wins they proved that with 13 tries . |
| 25 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 26 | Carter gave them the lead in real ding dong of a game … |
| 27 | The Moon 's five-way does the following : position one is straightforward humbuckers ; position two coil taps both pickups , leaving just the outer coils operational ; position three activates only the inner coils ; position four gives you the humbuckers in parallel and five puts them out of phase . |
| 28 | thirty two 's the distance divided by the speed which is eight , thirty two divided by eight is four this is the rule for working out a journey time distance in miles divided by speed in miles per hour gives you the time in hours . |
| 29 | ‘ That headache has tightened you up all over — or perhaps it was the tightness that gave you the headache in the first place . ’ |
| 30 | I gave her the cheque in the bedroom . |