Example sentences of "give them the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given them the negative polarity item I give a damn . |
| 2 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |
| 3 | When readers have written in , worried about whether to tell about a secret lover , you 've so often given them the excellent advice : ‘ Keep mum ’ . |
| 4 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 5 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
| 6 | First , the merger of two large firms will give them the immediate monopoly power that derives from a large market share . |
| 7 | Business fliers fly with the airline that will most quickly give them the necessary coupons to go to , say , Hawaii with the family . |
| 8 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 9 | I 'll give them the real Henry Farr , and he wo n't just be making witty little remarks about the London orbital motorway either . |
| 10 | Damned if the foundation could have this picture ; she 'd give them the nameless three condemned as undisciplined talent . |
| 11 | And if parents try to pass the buck by instructing childminders to ‘ give them the odd slap ’ they will be disappointed . |
| 12 | If the Commonwealth War Commission do n't know how to get hold of the War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can give us the information we want provided we can give them the christian name of the person and the regiment . |
| 13 | Notice also that Peter and John did not pray that God would give them the Holy Spirit they prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 14 | We 'll give them the full commission on the full ticket |
| 15 | ‘ And now we 'll give them the unique burn of a lifetime . |
| 16 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 17 | He did not accomplish much , beyond making it clear to the owners that , in return for their agreement to a national minimum , he would abandon Samuel and give them the eight-hour day ; but he was thought to have acquitted himself well . |
| 18 | Give them the standard aliases . |
| 19 | The Geophagus will tolerate London tap , but the Crenicara filamentosa and the Rams are doomed unless you give them the right conditions . |
| 20 | How would be persuaded or give them the right image . |
| 21 | But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once . |
| 22 | To achieve their objective , they have to rely on the efficient working of the price mechanism such that prices give them the appropriate ‘ signals ’ . |
| 23 | okay , again I mean these are things that talk about confirmation I mean quite honestly I 'm I 'd be quite happy if we had offices where people talk to each other ninety per cent of the time rather than send memos and faxes to each other , and on the whole we are really talking about inside the office with the people who we work with I mean obviously clients as well trying to find something different , we tend tend to find that it 's very very easy sometimes to make a phone call it 's much easier to make a phone call and to talk to that person and give them the personal touch . |
| 24 | So , ideally , we need to forecast changes in demand for personnel , particularly highly trained professional personnel , in order to have time to develop and staff more training institutions — medical schools , professional social work departments and so on — and then to recruit suitable trainees and give them the necessary education and training before we try to implement a major change in policy . |
| 25 | So can you see it is vital that all of you keep your circulation going right and a good idea is to start it in bed so that before you get out and put weight on your limbs And the same with the rest of your body get your circulation going , get the joints doing a bit of movement and before you get up and give them the added job of bearing your weight . |
| 26 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 27 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 28 | ‘ Give them the glad eye . ’ |
| 29 | I shall detain them with my Mariner 's ancient , emaciated claw and give them the full works . |
| 30 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |