Example sentences of "to give [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ True , ’ said Phoebe , ‘ but I 'd probably get to be a Union Official immediately , owing to the lack of competition in the Bayswater Chapel , and then Graham would have to give me endless paid hours off to attend to Union Business . ’ |
2 | You do well , do n't you , to give me all this trouble and vexation ? |
3 | I used to sit in my living room with my mouth open , eyes raised to heaven waiting for something to happen to give me this new boldness and this ability to speak in tongues which seemed often to accompany the events in Acts . |
4 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
5 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
6 | My parents could only afford to give me some small change on Sundays , but it was enough for a cinema ticket and an ice cream . |
7 | I had some faint ideas about releasing , but David was able to give me some valuable advice on how to go about it . |
8 | ’ I am writing in the hope that you may be able to give me some positive information regarding the money I am supposed to live on . |
9 | A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful . |
10 | The selectors could also have changed their top order , but decided to give them all another chance . |
11 | But now the drug has a street value of more than three hundred pounds a tube , as some body builders look beyond steriods , to give them that extra edge , even thought it can seriously damage their health . |
12 | Had he meant to give them that special significance ? |
13 | Seven chains have set up Today 's Central Buying Company to give them similar bulk-buying muscle as Sainsbury and Tesco . |
14 | She put her arms out from her sides and back , arching her spine and pondering vaguely as she did so why it had been thought necessary or relevant to give them such old bodies , perhaps to keep the idea of the passing of time , simple mortality , to the forefront of their minds . |
15 | The reason was , I think , that the Africans were deeply suspicious of Ian Smith and believed that any agreement which was devised to give them full democratic rights would in fact never be implemented . |
16 | Well I 've got to give them forty eight hours notice . |
17 | ‘ Many of these have not yet been registered as charities and we will be asking local authorities to check deeds , take legal advice and , if appropriate , register these pieces of land with the Charity Commission to give them some long-term protection . ’ |
18 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |
19 | What the students want her to do is to give them some basic facts that will enable them to read the novels as simple straightforward reflections of ‘ reality ’ , and to write simple , straightforward , exam-passing essays about them . |
20 | What the students want her to do is to give them some basic facts that will enable them to read the novels as simple straightforward reflections of ‘ reality ’ , and to write simple , straightforward , exam-passing essays about them . |
21 | Against the background that people expected support for an elderly person to be reciprocated in some fairly immediate way , the pressure to exclude older people from the labour market was accompanied by a pressure to give them some independent means of support which would prevent their having to rely on their children or other relatives . |
22 | Blake told his superiors at MI6 that in order to win the confidence of the Russians he would need to give them enough genuine information to convince them of his sincerity . |
23 | A slender win for Q P R , but enough to give them three important points . |
24 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |
25 | The gentlemen in Virginia were in no position to do this ; they had very little money to spend in a gentlemanly way and no particular experience of colonization to give them any other claims to respect and obedience , as nothing got done and about 60 of the 100 initial settlers died in 1607 . |
26 | In this regard , the teacher will know the pupils who need more help , and , as in all classes , will be in a position to give them any extra help needed in order to achieve the learning outcomes . |
27 | In the long term , alternative political and policy positions can be weakened — there will be no government framework to give them any institutional voice or credence . |
28 | So I want to give you that positive feed-back . |
29 | I am very sorry to give you such short notice about this . |
30 | ‘ I 'm sorry to give you all this trouble , ’ Luce told her , flustered . |