Example sentences of "and give [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministry of Defence confirmed last night that the Army had finally lost patience and given him a month 's notice to quit . |
| 2 | So she had forced the issue , and given him a command . |
| 3 | and given them a dish of trifle I think a lot would have just eaten the trifle , had a cup of tea and taken the rest home . |
| 4 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) Allowing the appeal , that before making the prohibited steps orders the justices should have informed the parties of their intention and given them an opportunity to make submissions as to whether such orders were appropriate ; that the justices had had no jurisdiction to make an order prohibiting the parents from having contact with each other because such contact was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibility towards his child and thus was outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; that , on the evidence they accepted , the justices had been plainly wrong to refuse to make the interim care orders ; and that , accordingly , the court would substitute interim care orders relating to both children ( post , pp. 271B–D , H — 272A , F , H — 273A ) . |
| 6 | See people at San Carlos hungry and given them the rest . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 8 | It 's been an odd kind of fulfilment ; and it has quite knocked on the head all the priggish ideas I may have had , and given me a sense of values . |
| 9 | He had taken her off the streets and given her a home because he was besotted with her ; the home that Sarah 's mother had kept clean and cheerful even when her health was failing . |
| 10 | Now she saved her animus largely for the council , which seemed unfair , since it had permitted her to buy for almost nothing the house which her mother had rented and given her a grant for improvements . |
| 11 | She was settled for the night ; Clare had put her to bed and given her a mug of warm milk and two sleeping tablets . |
| 12 | The bumpiness had churned her stomach and given her a headache , but she kept her complaints to herself . |
| 13 | ‘ I think it was a threatened abortion , so I 've sent a sample for pregnancy test , and given her a shot of analgesic . ’ |
| 14 | He had encouraged and praised her , bullied her a little when she needed bullying , and given her the love and support that had made her feel , even in the darkest moments of self-doubt , that she could rise above all the problems and emerge triumphant . |
| 15 | Porter , one of the country 's most respected authorities on paediatrics , had taken a shy Puerto Rican intern called Carmen Rodriguez under his wing twenty years ago and given her the confidence to start up her own practice soon after graduating from medical school , and she was now one of New York 's most popular and in demand paediatricians . |
| 16 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |
| 17 | Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ? |
| 18 | Now in the House of Lords , she has written her biography and given it a title which could well sum up her life , Fighting All The Way . |
| 19 | Responding to criticism from environmentalists , the government has increased the Inspectorate 's staff and budget , and given it the status of an independent agency . |
| 20 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 21 | ‘ — and given us a home in a shoebox , ’ said Gurder automatically . |
| 22 | The bread and the wine are consecrated with the reminder that ‘ through Jesus , God has freed us from the slavery of sin ’ and given us a life that is free of such bondage . |
| 23 | Rosalba baked special almond biscuits , hoops of crumbly nuts and fine sugar , intending to wrap some in coloured papers and offer them to Tommaso 's mother as a gift for the feast ; but could not , because , as she was about to set off , she realised that she did not know her well enough to call and give her a present . |
| 24 | When I 've found out when she can come and give me a hand , I 'll give you a ring . ’ |
| 25 | Baptiste , run and ask your mother to come and give me a hand , would you ? |
| 26 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
| 27 | " Perhaps you would be ready to come and give me a fitting on Friday afternoon ? " |
| 28 | Why do n't you go and give him a surprise , actually pay your husband some attention for once , eh ? ’ |
| 29 | I 'd go and give him a hand but I do not like ladders Fun is n't it ? |
| 30 | I suppose we ought to go out and give him a hand really but |