Example sentences of "try to give [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 2 | The ship 's doctor tried to give them the kiss of life but they could not be revived . |
| 3 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 4 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 5 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to know what you told the copper , what he told you , why you sent Sal down to Cawthorne 's place at the weekend , what you 're going to do about her now , what you intend doing about Alec Reynolds now that he 's dead and why you 're trying to give me the bum 's rush . |
| 7 | Everyone , save Babs Osborne , understood that her Polish lover was trying to give her the push . |
| 8 | His girlfriend was trying to give him the kiss of life . |