Example sentences of "give [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see a lot more than you 've ever given me credit for ! ’ he retorted curtly . |
| 2 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 3 | ‘ My first priority is to feed my wife and two children , but the German win has given me respite of about 13 months to consider medals rather than money . |
| 4 | That would have given me power over him . ) |
| 5 | Indeed , it had been on roach trips that I have found most of my bream swims in the past and although I 'm a roach man first and foremost , a splendid , clean seven pound river bream has never given me cause for complaint ! |
| 6 | The single-track section of line would have given me cause for concern and it is one which could reasonably be removed . ’ |
| 7 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 8 | So many returners admit to stage fright at the beginning of a re-entry programme , only to find that the expectations of managers and colleagues are much more realistic than they have given them credit for . |
| 9 | The siege has given them publicity for their ideas , of course , but what they really want , to save Liam 's life , is something quite different . |
| 10 | The exception to this is the police , who have had by far the largest addition to that , they have n't lost money when they lost S S A , erm , we have been ge , extremely generous to them , far more than to any other committee this year , erm , and although we have n't given them money for , to pay awards because we do n't know exactly what it is . |
| 11 | ‘ We have now allocated five new frequencies to BR and given them access to two others . ’ |
| 12 | A programme does not have to be conventionally ‘ nine to five , structured but participants are more likely to accommodate themselves to unusual arrangements if you 've given them time for themselves . |
| 13 | Pat Nevin 's signing has given them balance with a two wingers system that is committed to attacking . |
| 14 | They go to Phoenix on Saturday to play a team which has given them trouble in the past . |
| 15 | Given my reputation for intelligence , I hardly dared confess my lack of comprehension . |
| 16 | ‘ Magnificence , I have given my oath to no man . ’ |
| 17 | I 've given my word on that . |
| 18 | I 've given my word to her mother that I will see to it that she does — she would n't have been allowed to come here on holiday otherwise , she would have been shut up in her mother 's apartment in Rome . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But I have given my word to la Principessa , I have said I would ask you to come with me , and you have agreed . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've given my life to looking after my father and my brother . |
| 21 | The Brighton-based fighter , who stopped Benn in their WBO middleweight title fight in November 1990 , added : I 've nothing to prove by fighting Benn again , so if we do meet I 've got to be given my passport to retirement . ’ |
| 22 | Once again , I 'd given my film to David . |
| 23 | I have already given my ruling on that and said exactly what the hon. Member should do about it . |
| 24 | I think I 'd be good at lecturing , especially given my aspect of appreciating . |
| 25 | I could have given my information to any of your officers but I prefer to tell you because I must be guaranteed that the source of the information is kept secret . |
| 26 | I have given my consent to his being in my study , but on this occasion the initiative was mine . |
| 27 | I was given my pre-op by a ‘ bank nurse ’ . |
| 28 | In the light of that recognition , he can not dismiss as mere fantasy the sense we all have that it would be an unnatural organization of our nature if some slight personal desire was given its head against benevolent concern with some major aspect of the welfare of others . |
| 29 | It may have given its decision in bad faith . |
| 30 | In Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission ( N. L. , 1969 ) Lord Reid described various ways in which a body might abuse its powers : " It may have given its decision in bad faith . |