Example sentences of "give [pers pn] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Damned if the foundation could have this picture ; she 'd give them the nameless three condemned as undisciplined talent . |
2 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
3 | And they were grown apiece while he was away and they were better than ever and the deal was been that he had was gon na give them the best two cattle you see and this was this was the best two animals he had . |
4 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
5 | Why should you give me the five thousand when you know the guy yourself ? |
6 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
7 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
8 | I 'll give you the five later . |
9 | This can give you the earliest possible warning , especially important if you live in a big house . |
10 | Ma'am , sir I should say , erm Mr makes certain comments about there are doubts about whether this scheme will go forward , we have been in contact with Department of Transport , again to try and give you the correct factual position . |
11 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
12 | In short , our status as Independent Financial Advisors means we must always give you the best possible advice regarding your options in the financial marketplace . |
13 | and er obviously I want to sort of give you the best possible price |
14 | Oh dear I 'm sorry , I 'll give you the other hundred from for February . |
15 | I was talking on Sue , I was saying if you 've got a client who did n't give you the convenient forty two pounds , but said you 'd got forty or thirty pounds to spend , the first thing you 've got to do is take off the two pounds policy fee , so you 're left in this case , with thirty eight pounds . |
16 | West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit . |
17 | Even if you 're as good as a master they still wo n't give you the top black |
18 | An experimental scientist , on the other hand , arranges matters so that what happens will give him the greatest possible amount of information . |
19 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
20 | We could give 'em a bit more , we could give , we could give 'em the four hundred pounds . |
21 | Warned Dorigo : ‘ We have n't lost faith in our ability and if we can beat Blackburn and Norwich , it will give us the best possible launching pad for the second half of the season . ’ |
22 | I 've given you the best six months of |
23 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
24 | ‘ Give me the bad first . ’ |
25 | Then cos you had er three warnings you got five minutes before and er then you had a the erm final warning and then the blasting and the they give you the all clear . |
26 | By four months , Madame de Chavigny , when you 'll start to feel it stir — and then maybe give you the odd hefty kick-the foetus is — ‘ |
27 | I 'll just once more track , do n't say all give you the best possible advice . |
28 | Properly installed — and full instructions accompany the Sleep-safe Smoke Alarm — a smoke detector will warn you of smouldering in the earliest stages of a fire and give you the vital few minutes that really could make the difference between death and survival . |
29 | To help Cinderella catch midnight , give her the Swiss International Watch Company 's £150,000 Grande Complication timepiece . |
30 | ‘ In the psychic realm it means that we are free to follow any set of images and symbols which give us the right mental feedback — and the State encourages us . |