Example sentences of "give [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fate , thought Charlotte , gazing innocently back into his admiring , devoted , humiliated and furious face , has certainly given me the upper hand of you , my boy ! |
| 2 | That 's okay , she 's also given me the right words to use to put it through urgently , okay , cos I mean you , I know you have n't exchanged yet , but you want to do that fairly quickly . |
| 3 | They 've given me the main facts . |
| 4 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |
| 5 | Given them the negative polarity item I give a damn . |
| 6 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |
| 7 | When readers have written in , worried about whether to tell about a secret lover , you 've so often given them the excellent advice : ‘ Keep mum ’ . |
| 8 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 9 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
| 10 | First , the merger of two large firms will give them the immediate monopoly power that derives from a large market share . |
| 11 | Business fliers fly with the airline that will most quickly give them the necessary coupons to go to , say , Hawaii with the family . |
| 12 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 13 | I 'll give them the real Henry Farr , and he wo n't just be making witty little remarks about the London orbital motorway either . |
| 14 | And if parents try to pass the buck by instructing childminders to ‘ give them the odd slap ’ they will be disappointed . |
| 15 | If the Commonwealth War Commission do n't know how to get hold of the War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can give us the information we want provided we can give them the christian name of the person and the regiment . |
| 16 | Notice also that Peter and John did not pray that God would give them the Holy Spirit they prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 17 | We 'll give them the full commission on the full ticket |
| 18 | ‘ And now we 'll give them the unique burn of a lifetime . |
| 19 | I fondly hoped the isolation of Gullholm would give me the requisite peace and quiet to meet it . ’ |
| 20 | This will give me the pleasurable task of transcribing sections of two Zep tracks from the all-time classic album ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ . |
| 21 | If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ In that case , why give me the no-involvement line ? ’ she demanded . |
| 23 | A night spent gummed to the plane 's polyester would give me the full story either way . |
| 24 | The electric bite alarms will give me the initial warning and the silver foil will give me a visual guide to what the carp are doing with the bait . |
| 25 | ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier . |
| 26 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
| 27 | I 'm not saying they would , but what I 'm saying is if say we 're four per cent behind and Ken wo n't give me the exact price |
| 28 | Will they give me the cold shoulder ? |
| 29 | I 'll give you the cast list but it is more or less the same as last time . |
| 30 | I will give you the necessary warrants and letters . ’ |