How to use "give" in a sentence

It will give me more time to finish my hike back to the truck

If anyone finds this, please give it to them

I'll call Officer Crider and give him the correct number.'

I tell them to give most of my things to Sonja

'Goodbye, feet! Who will put your shoes on for you now? I can't do it! I'll give you some new shoes for Christmas

'But who will give us the chocolates?' the Mouse asked.

'And then they'll be nice to me and give me some tea and bread-and-butter.'

"Just give me that boy in my team for a year!", and they did

Then one day I got back to the hospital and a Colonel Gooch said, 'Gump, we're going back to America together! You're going to see the President of the United States, and he's going to give you a medal because you were very brave.'

First I phoned Mr Tribble and told him to give some of my money from the shrimp business to my Mom, and some to Bubba's daddy.

And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

And I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.

If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize, as we have never realized before, our interdependence on each other; that we cannot merely take, but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline no progress can be made, no leadership becomes effective.

Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty

He's just been telling me what pleasure you both give him

'Give me what you always give me for breakfast, lunch and dinner

I can give you news about him - I am Meltham!' he announced triumphantly.

He visited her around 7.30-7.45 on the evening of Thursday, November 8th to tell her he had no work and could not give her any money

Inspector Abbeline arrived at 11.30 a.m., but he could not give the order to break open the door until 1.30 p.m

Did he make a false statement and give a false description? Did he have something to hide?

I've been walking all day, and nobody in this town will give me food or a bed for the night

Here, let me give you more money

'How much will you give me for it?' Fantine asked.

I'll give you all the money you need

'But give me three days, please

'Well, give me back the money.'

'If you want to keep your son, Marius, I'll give you no money

But if you give the boy to me, and promise never to see him again, I'll look after him.'

Perhaps he'll give me enough for a dinner

When he sees how miserable we are, he'll give us a lot of money, you'll see.'

'What will you give me?' she said at last.

'What will you do if he doesn't give you more money?'

Not wishing to give evidence against Thenardier in court, Marius made immediate arrangements to leave his room

All he had in the world was the five-franc piece he intended to give her father in prison

But until then, I must give you my address

But I will never give you my permission! Never!'

She was going with her father to England, and his grandfather had refused to give his permission for him to marry

I went to my grandfather, and he refused to give his permission

You can give the letter to me

'I'll give you this as well,' he said

I knew you were angry with me, and I thought, "What can I do to make him love me?" Then I thought, "I can give him Cosette." I wanted to invite her to see you, but the doctor warned me that you would probably get too excited

'I would give it all,' said Marius,'to find that man!'

'You're a completely rotten man, but I'll give you this.' Marius took a banknote out of his pocket and threw it in the stranger's face.

Jake wants to give it to the man because he is so scared.

The men stand and nod politely, and Carolina is amused by the interested looks they give Eleanor Chance.

"Miss White is here to take notes and can give you some more details about Mr Fletcher."

And don't forget there are two shots and that I should empty the gun before I give it back to you."

"They give you both while you're in there

"Never give up hope, my love."

It wasn't really fair to give you such a tough decision to make, but I knew you'd be strong enough."

She wasn't even sure if his family would give them time alone together - but she'd have to make sure it happened

"Let's give Sala a few minutes alone with Cham."

Of course, I can give orders for the fire in the library to be lit.'

Beatrice, Maxim's sister, had promised to give me a wedding present

'I will give orders about the lunch,' she said

Once again, I saw Colonel Julyan give Maxim a hard look

'I can give you twenty dollars to park the cars at my party tonight, Nathan,' he says

Maybe he'd only suffered a mild head injury, just severe enough to give him..

She took time off to carry and give birth to Danny, then to spend uninterrupted days with him during his first few months of life

Vivienne Neddler refused to give anyone reason to think her a fool.

Although Magyck! Excited the imagination and commanded the eye, Elliot wasn't able to give his undivided attention to it

"I'll give you my address." She searched her purse for a pen.

"Just give me your name and address, and I'll send a man out right away."

"Oh, I don't expect you to give it up," he said magnanimously.

Why on earth would I? What do you have to give me that I can't get elsewhere? You've never been much of a giver anyway, Michael

You only give when you're sure of getting back twice as much

And before you give me any more of that treacly talk about your great love of family, let me remind you that it wasn't me who tore our family apart

She hesitated, trying to hear how it was going to sound before she said it, wondering if she really believed it enough even to give voice to it

Right? Who knows what might make a person like that reveal himself? If he finds out there's going to be an exhumation, maybe he'll react strongly, give himself away

"Do they bother to give their kitchen a pleasant used look?"

He spent an hour and a half in his library, paging through legal casebooks, boning up on precedents for the exhumation of a body that, as the court had put it, "was to be disinterred in the absence of a pressing legal need, solely for humane reasons, in consideration of certain survivors of the deceased." Elliot didn't think Harold Kennebeck would give him any trouble, and he didn't expect the judge to request a list of precedents for something as relatively simple and harmless as reopening Danny's grave, but he intended to be well prepared

The gun wavered, but it didn't move off target far enough to give Elliot a chance.

"He wanted to give you time to get to me

Give me a break, and I'll give you a break."

So will you cool it? Just come over here, sit down, let me inject you, give us a few answers, and we can all get on with our lives

He wheeled around another corner, and then another, trying to disappear from the men in the van long enough to leave them with so many choices of streets to follow that they would have to give up the chase in confusion

"We did give him two thousand on deposit," Elliot said.

"The only way these people are going to get us," he said, "is if we just give ourselves over to them

It isn't hopeless, Tina, and it's not like you to give up so easily."

"The only alternative is to give up, to back off and never know what really happened."

"And if you come up with one," Tina said, "I'll give it very serious consideration."

Or maybe he did know and just didn't give a damn about his ex-wife

"Bellicosti was supposed to give us the information we need to interest a topnotch reporter in the case."

"I wish we didn't have to give up the car," Tina said as he took their only suitcase out of the trunk.

Yes, he was sure that his father and uncles would give him their blessings - if only he were permitted to tell them.

But I'll be as quiet as a mouse and give it a chance."

We'll give you a condensed version of the story behind all of this, and we'll record it as we go

I hope you can enjoy it, but if not, give it to your worst enemy

Only once was Helene's behaviour so wild and uncontrollable that the doctor had to give her a powerful drug to calm her down

'I'll give you what your commissaire would call my "confession".'

My life depends on the help you give me.

That will give us the time of the crime

'Lawrence must have put it back to 6.20 to give himself an alibi

Mrs Lestrange had been asked to give evidence, but a medical certificate, signed by Dr Haydock, said that she was too ill to attend.

The last person to give evidence was Mrs Archer, who cleaned Lawrence Redding's cottage

And these pains in my head - could you give me a glass of water?'

Thought I'd just say hello and see if you could give me a drink.'

Yes, give me three nine - nine, not five.' And then, 'Hello - is that you, Haydock? Melchett speaking

And I shall give evidence for him.'

I heard it give a peculiar cry, and then another of these creatures appeared in the deep shadow of the door.

My brother spoke to several of the refugees but none could give him any news of Woking, except one man who said that it had been totally destroyed the previous night.

As we passed other small towns, we found them unaffected by either Heat-Ray or Black Smoke, and there were some people alive, although none could give us news

I began to think that, although our position was terrible, there was no reason yet to give up hope

I was tired but would not give up, and he cried and complained about his immediate hunger

I searched every room for food until, when I was ready to give up, I found some bread and two tins of fruit in one of the bedrooms

Tom, come here and give me the nail.'

You can't give me too much work

1.) I never saw Count Fosco give Lady Glyde any medicine.

When I left his office, he gave me a letter to give to Marian

'We must bring them to justice! We must give Laura back her true identity! Mr Kyrle says we can't prove that she is Lady Glyde, so we must force one of them to confess it

They want to help to give girls an education

In the 1890s, parts of New Zealand and Australia were the first places to give women the vote

She did this because the government would not give women the right to vote

Saudi Arabia is the newest country to give women the vote, in 2011

The US Open became the first big tournament to give equal money to its men and women top players

Parents in poor families marry girls when they are young so they do not have to give them food at home

Can you give us some food?"