That means that people had to go give us the information. Come on, give us it.'

Uncanny

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Can a pronoun as a direct object be placed at the very end of a sentence? As in

'...she was saying herself. Emails obtained. Just through honesty? Thrown(?through) and being given out? Because we have a transparent government? No, no, no. Through the Freedom of Information Act. That means that people had to go give us the information. Come on, give us it.'

Russell Brand at 02:40 in "So... They F*cking Knew All Along"

How often do you hear it in everyday speech?
 

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We put pronouns at the end of sentences a lot. Did you suspect otherwise?
 

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I think this question is about verb patterns. The verb 'give', which takes two objects, has two patterns:

1) give something to somebody
2) give somebody something

Your example is a case of pattern 2, which is extremely common.
 
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