Example sentences of "give [pers pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My father 's given me tons of work , but I 'm in front of target , ’ he replied , and sounded a little more cheerful . |
| 2 | ‘ I see a lot more than you 've ever given me credit for ! ’ he retorted curtly . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 's given me loads of ideas , Luke — especially that ‘ office plant-care ’ thing that we came up with . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | That would have given me power over him . ) |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | The single-track section of line would have given me cause for concern and it is one which could reasonably be removed . ’ |
| 9 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He 's given them £342,000 in the past five years to create the ‘ right business environment ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ We have now allocated five new frequencies to BR and given them access to two others . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The teacher had given them bricks of different widths . |
| 17 | Pat Nevin 's signing has given them balance with a two wingers system that is committed to attacking . |
| 18 | They go to Phoenix on Saturday to play a team which has given them trouble in the past . |
| 19 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 20 | Being able to work on Sunday would give them flexibility in their contract work , which included the Bangor by-pass and Pen-y-Clip tunnel . |
| 21 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 22 | But none of them would be tempted to incorporate : capital is already available to them ; incorporation would not give them protection from litigation ; and , perhaps most importantly , they would lose their most precious asset — and their achilles heel — their privacy . |
| 23 | Much rests on cross-curricular elements , but unless enmeshed as an integral part of the overall curriculum , assessment and testing systems which will give them parity of esteem with other elements , they are likely to be ignored , or to remain peripheral . |
| 24 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 25 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 26 | Some visually handicapped pupils have good central vision and seem to have little difficulty in reading , but poor peripheral vision can give them problems in managing their environment . |
| 27 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 28 | Until we do know , we can not give them expression in tears or anger . |
| 29 | We pray for the leaders of our nation , that you will give them wisdom in providing for all , particularly those who are homeless or unemployed . |
| 30 | Do n't give them time for the |