Example sentences of "[pers pn] could give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could give evidence on that , yeah ? |
| 2 | I thought I could give dad some of these and then eat them all myself |
| 3 | ‘ I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house . |
| 4 | I could give people the last part , be careful in the second one . |
| 5 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 6 | Fen opened the bedroom door and she waited tensely for him to close it behind him and be gone , so that she could give vent to the misery that threatened to swamp her . |
| 7 | You could give nanny a lift . |
| 8 | They could give kamikaze pilots some lessons ! |
| 9 | It raised the more general and important question whether the determination of a statutory tribunal with a limited jurisdiction could give rise to issue estoppel at all , or only to cause of action estoppel ; in other words , whether it could give rise to an estoppel for all purposes or only for the limited purpose for which the jurisdiction to make the determination was conferred . |
| 10 | The kind of questions that might be asked in the context are whether the proposal could have wide effects beyond the immediate locality , whether it could give rise to regional or national controversy and whether it could conflict with national policy . |
| 11 | He went on to say that there was nothing at all from the last decade for which he could give Mrs Thatcher credit . |
| 12 | He could talk horses , he could give instructions to a jockey but the confidential fireside chat was not his style . |
| 13 | This , coupled with the notion of the magistrate as being responsible for enforcement of the judgments handed down by himself or his deputy , would surely suggest that he could give judgment for performance and enforce it specifically . |
| 14 | Mozart 's reputation preceded him on the return trip , and the family were frequently detained so that he could give performances and display his talents . |
| 15 | In the midst of all this , Stirling calmly called a halt so that he could give orders for further targets . |
| 16 | ‘ I was hoping he could give advice on how women could and should react after they had been attacked . ’ |
| 17 | just pure inset , and just headquarters , that 's all they 're interested in , not whether he knows his job or not , not whether he could give advice because he has no control over whatever comes into that shop , he does n't decide we 're not having these T-shirts in or , or we 're not having these suits in because really they 're a load of rubbish , headquarters decides it , all he does is put a nice little display out , usually , and it 's shown how to do it by headquarters and so on , these people come round and show them what to do and so on , do all that , in fact he 's as much expertise in there as I have or you have , anybody could literally with a bit of training in the company way of doing things |