Example sentences of "[modal v] give us [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To die , to sleep ; To sleep : perchance to dream : aye , there 's the rub ; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil , Must give us pause . |
| 2 | Must give us pause . |
| 3 | ‘ In Germany , even with 10 men , we had two good chances against them , and that must give us hope . |
| 4 | If you must give us presents , make sure they 're safe and sensible , and designed for pets . |
| 5 | There remain certain continuities which should give us pause . |
| 6 | No requiems should give us peace . |
| 7 | And that should give us food for thought ; while his uncle William in Frome , amongst others , was receiving poor relief at the rate of between 1s. and 4s. per fortnight , here , in the same year of 1799 , the nephew-made-good was handing over what amounted to about a year 's dole payments to join an exclusive club in the metropolis . |
| 8 | So , the play of party politics at the ballot box may give us interludes of constitutional peace , but we can not escape the fact that the British constitution is still up for grabs , in politics , and on the agenda for change . |
| 9 | She might give us lunch arid that 'll save him some money . |
| 10 | I thought they might give us badges to wear with our names on , like at conferences ; but I suppose they thought this would imply we were n't even capable of uttering our own names . |
| 11 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 12 | ‘ They could give us maps and we could find the way perfectly easily . |
| 13 | C T that could give us C C T plus any other form of constant |
| 14 | , Mr , er and he 'd give us sums , arithmetic , tell us stories , er historical events or something like that . |
| 15 | Even if you decide not to join , our branches are always glad to give you their support , but by actually joining you would give us CPRW a stronger voice both locally and nationally . |
| 16 | ‘ I am sure putting up lights would not cost a lot and it would give us peace of mind . ’ |
| 17 | We would therefore be very grateful if Edinburgh Airport Ltd. , as the land owner , would give us permission to go ahead . |
| 18 | And sentences ( 26 ) , even if acceptable : ( 26 ) what did his sister set the owl ? how did Liz knock her fiancè ? would give us questions not corresponding to the types of statement in ( 1 ) or ( 14 ) . |
| 19 | He also said the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports and confirmed that he hoped a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK . |
| 20 | He also said that the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports . |
| 21 | ‘ And they would give us food , ’ said Libab . |
| 22 | With all these suggestions we are putting forward minor hypotheses which we would like to test , because added together they will give us answers to our initial broad hypothesis about baptism . |
| 23 | That will give us plenty to work on in the next decade , and that is probably as far as we should look for the time being . |
| 24 | Wallace will make the difference as he will give us options , so the defence wont know what to expect . |
| 25 | Nikos and Maria will give us lunch . ’ |
| 26 | This will give us scope to cover a wide range of activity — from environmental work to the statutory care sector , for example hospitals , the probation services and child care . |
| 27 | If we can do that and if we can hold the dam , as it were , for a few more years , that will give us time to assemble the ethical arguments against whaling , and to get them diffused further in the world . |
| 28 | Both will give us power ! |
| 29 | The information we gather will give us months of future material to work from — there will be opportunities both indoors and out to expand our notes into larger works if we wish . |
| 30 | ‘ We are getting a lot of work from Leeds , and the Harrogate base will give us access to work in places such as Wakefield , ’ said sales manager Vic Chaney . |