Example sentences of "give [pers pn] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
2 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
3 | I 'm sorry to intrude on you at this hour , but if you can give me a few minutes of your time you may be able to help me , and I 'll be very much obliged . ’ |
4 | Could you give me a few examples ? |
5 | Can you give me a few examples ? |
6 | You had better give me a few days . |
7 | ‘ Sure , and you can give me a few tips on the leisure market . ’ |
8 | I 'll give you a few minutes to revise , then er , we can see if the er lesson Does anyone know what time the coffee break is er ? |
9 | I 'll give you a few minutes again just to consider these questions . |
10 | I 'll tell you what anyway Jim I 'm coming back next week to er give you a few answers coming out of this fact find so |
11 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
12 | ‘ Perhaps he could give you a few tips , ’ Leo said . |
13 | Let me give you a few tips on how to make your pockets bulge … |
14 | ‘ Maybe the Commander could give you a few tips for your essay , ’ he said . |
15 | Dangerous thing to say we 've already said , but preparing notes is lastly down to yourselves , I might give you a few tips on that . |
16 | Let me give you a few examples : |
17 | And then there was the farcical , farcical final report I I used to take will be the first to endorse and interpreting those statistics at least in my case course , but I blush what these Consultants have done , let's give you a few examples , sixty five per cent , you see on page three think that changes are necessary , they were asked 'do you think changes are necessary to meet the fifteen transportation problems and to be needs ? ' |
18 | Let me give you a few examples of the way in which our departments work . |
19 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
20 | Topaz Chilcott would give her a sly looks She 'd been told by Tipper , who would n't leave the subject alone , that all tinkers were sly . |
21 | If she had the nerve , the sheer bloody brass neck , to do that , then maybe he 'd give her a few minutes . |
22 | ‘ Let's give it a few days . |
23 | We 've given you a few hints how to say them , dance to them , put great big eight foot wide papier mâché masks on to do them if you want . |
24 | If you 're talking about learning theory , well I 've given you a few names . |
25 | If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time . |
26 | That would take the smile off their faces all right and give them a few seconds relief . |
27 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
28 | ‘ Give me a hundred men … ’ |
29 | John Wesley said : ‘ Give me a hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin , and desire nothing but God , and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen . |
30 | ‘ Well , give me a few minutes , ’ Mark said , ‘ and I 'll ring the Prime Minister 's office in Istanbul , to see if they 'll agree to a short postponement . ’ |