Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] would [vb infin] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you were n't Eddie 's kid sister I 'd have given you a far harder ride for what you 've just accused me of this evening , so do n't push your luck , Dr Kate Ash , because you might come to regret it ! ’ |
| 2 | Erm you mentioned your brother earlier and er Geoff from the sports and social club I 'd like to give them a call , do you have the numbers ? |
| 3 | ‘ I said when we arrived two weeks ago that by the time it came to this Test you would have to give us a 50–50 chance because this is a one-off game , not part of a Test series . |
| 4 | Right at this moment she would have given anything for a sight of Shirley and endured her fussing with pleasure . |
| 5 | So far as the housewife is concerned , time limits imposed by factors outside her control mean that the pace of her work is too fast for each task to get the attention she would like to give it . |
| 6 | Being the senior trainers for the whole county could be a full time job , and I am afraid that if that were the case we would have to give it all up . |
| 7 | If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’ |
| 8 | If we 'd been around in Nelson 's day he 'd have given his right arm for a copy . |
| 9 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 10 | The challenge was to plan and implement a strategy which would help give them jobs , to ensure that potential employers were aware of this trained workforce and knew how to gain access to it . |
| 11 | If she 'd had the abortion it would have given us time to do that sort of thing . |
| 12 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 13 | Er well before we proceed er there 's two pieces of information I 'd like to give you |
| 14 | Vinny also missed a penalty which would have given him his hat-trick and brought the score to 5–2 . |
| 15 | Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw . |
| 16 | ‘ What will they do to you after I am gone ? ’ he exclaimed , and told Cranmer that he should change the crane on his coat of arms to a pelican , for like this bird he would have to give his life for his child , the English Church . |
| 17 | After missing him so desperately over the last six weeks it was more than she had ever dreamed of to find herself suddenly close to him again , and maybe by the time they reached their destination he would have given her some clue about the way he wanted things to be . |
| 18 | Mr Jarvis , who spent £40m expanding the chain on the Continent in recent years , said the decision followed Whitbread 's inability to negotiate a new exit clause in the franchise agreement which would have given it more protection . |
| 19 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |