Example sentences of "give [pron] three [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much |
| 2 | He 's given me three dates when he 'd be delighted to meet us erm Friday the thirtieth of April , four of May or fifth of May , but other dates a as necessary . |
| 3 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 4 | we had to pull forward it 's not due so we 've got er so we 've given them three days to You see when we worked out the numbers for the we were given all the , the allowances , the rates et cetera , et cetera , we worked the forecast through and seen huge amounts of time given for which the assumption is that it 's all done by hand , the job these cranes so the resources how much money had been spent . |
| 5 | I 'll give them three minutes . |
| 6 | He was to be my minder for an initial trial which would give me three laps in one of the school 's Escort XRi 's under his instruction , three laps with him driving and five laps in a single-seat Formula First racing car . |
| 7 | Do me a favour and I 'll give you three francs instead of your fifty centimes [ which she gave him daily ] . ’ |
| 8 | They 'll only give you three months of Sky programmes . |
| 9 | After taking the Bar examination you may obtain employment in the legal department of a commercial firm under the aegis of an employed barrister as a ‘ commercial pupil , ’ and this will give you three months ' exemption from pupillage if you afterwards decide to take up practice at the Bar . |
| 10 | You 've just signed a new striker , I told him , and I 'll give you three guesses who it is . |
| 11 | I think I 'll erm , I 'll give you three marks for it , but I 'll give you the opportunity for three bonus marks now , because here am I , Mrs. Public , and I did n't understand a word of that . |
| 12 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 13 | And he looked at her and he said ’ Ah , I 'll give her three weeks there ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'd give it three stars , or ( as Michelin says ) vaut le detour . |
| 15 | I 'll give it three years before it starts going downhill again |
| 16 | So but I think with this I mean this homework , that 's the only thing I do n't believe in because they 've got ta revise it which is brilliant , I mean , at the moment but they also give them three hours homework a night ! |
| 17 | Over to this side now , erm , give me three things that you can do to make it easy t for the eye to see what er , particular number is refer w which rows is referring answer to ? |
| 18 | You had a six on table d'hote , you 've got give me three choices . |
| 19 | Er say , I mean they normally give me three pounds do n't they ? |
| 20 | Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock . |
| 21 | Give me three tickets for your first concert , and I 'll be happy . ’ |
| 22 | Unbeknown to Joan , her husband had contacted Richard with a plea , ‘ Give me three months alone with Joan . |
| 23 | Cor bloody hell she give I three questions the other day . |
| 24 | The sergeant marched to the middle of the stage and when , using what he called his stage expertise , she heard him say , ‘ Now I give you three guesses who comes next , ’ there followed ribald suggestions from different parts of the hall . |
| 25 | That 's why I give you three weeks ’ rent amnesty . ’ |
| 26 | " Give him three ounces of this immediately in a pint of water , then follow it with one and a half ounces night and morning and let us know if he is n't a lot better in two days . " |
| 27 | I give him three names — guys he will have heard of , who live around here . |
| 28 | Give 'em three months on a load of good grub and you wo n't know 'em . ’ |
| 29 | Would it , he was thinking , be like the ending of Forster 's as yet unpublished Maurice , a somewhat tame homo novel of which he was to say , commenting on the male lovers setting up house at the end , ‘ I give it three weeks ? ’ |
| 30 | I 'm concerned that we give our three children the right education and lay down the best possible plans for the future . |