Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] give [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 2 | Er what we 'll do is that I 'll give you another eight of these , now if they 're a lot better just s give a ring in |
| 3 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 4 | Erm , first of all I did promise to you that I 'd give you some idea of the sort of material would be on next week 's erm multiple guess questions , okay ? |
| 5 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 6 | Fanny will have fifty pounds for wedding clothes , and I 'll give her five hundred pounds the day she marries you . ’ |
| 7 | in all honesty ans answer what he said , you more or less made a statement and said yes I am er but I , I know all about the products and I 'll give you best advice . |
| 8 | It 's not just about development , there 's also a regional bureaucracy actually already in the U K and I 'll give you two examples . |
| 9 | pass my handbag up and I 'll give you that money for the cat food . |
| 10 | I 'll teach you what pleasure there is in making love and I 'll give you all the time you need to adjust to your new circumstances . " |
| 11 | Do me a favour and I 'll give you three francs instead of your fifty centimes [ which she gave him daily ] . ’ |
| 12 | You 've just signed a new striker , I told him , and I 'll give you three guesses who it is . |
| 13 | Instead he bent over , looked at the sore , patted me on the head and said : ‘ Come into the shop and I 'll give you some sweets . |
| 14 | So let's try another one and I 'll give you some of the details and the questions that I 'm going to ask on it later . |
| 15 | Try him with that and vegetables and I 'll give you some powder to mix in his food . |
| 16 | Keep your eyes open , Jim , and I 'll give you half of everything I have . ’ |
| 17 | So I 'm going to do erm a half add a third okay and a third add a quarter and a half take away a third okay and I 'll give you another one to do How about this one . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm really looking forward to competing against the best from other parts of the world and I 'll give my best for Scotland . |
| 19 | I begin to think that Mike Gatting may have lost it , but the Second Test is at Lord 's , his home ground and I would give him one more chance . |
| 20 | And I will give you that commitment as well . |
| 21 | If such a plea as this could be supported , the following would be a binding promise : A man might complain that another person used the public highway more than he ought to do , and that other might say , do not complain , and I will give you five pounds . |
| 22 | This summer , I concluded that the latter was better than the former and I can give my hon. Friend no assurance that I would not reach the same conclusion again . |
| 23 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 24 | if I can give him that one . |
| 25 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 26 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 27 | But I 'll give thee two shillings for the wench . |
| 28 | We need to recruit more members within USDAW , but I 'll give you one guarantee , it 's one battle within the trade union movement that we must win . |
| 29 | Erm , I think one of those is probably enough , but I 'll give you another one if you want you can have |
| 30 | JEWKES : I do n't like these sort of people , but we will hear what she 'll say to us , however , I sha n't fetch you any victuals , woman , but I will give you some pence . |