Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] give [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'd almost given you up , ’ said Emlyn , half nettled , half intrigued . |
2 | The Rigalis ' 31-year-old son , Amedeo , meanwhile , joins in with a voice as Easington as you might find : ‘ I 'm proud to be half Italian , but I do n't give it that much thought . ’ |
3 | ‘ I did n't give him much . |
4 | I did n't give her enough . |
5 | To be honest , I did n't give it much thought . |
6 | I 'll , I 'll get you some in a minute , er , I 'll carry on if er , if er , you do n't mind I 've got , oh here we are , I fo , I had n't given them out sorry . |
7 | ‘ I 've not given anything up . |
8 | So far I 've not given it much thought . |
9 | I mean I , it 's not I 'll give you some money when I get home alright Quite difficult now , I try and think of something I have n't given her before . |
10 | I have n't given it up . ’ |
11 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
12 | Well I have n't given it much thought but er if I were to die I would n't want my wife and family to suffer . |
13 | Yeah , she do n't give them away on that |
14 | Until now she had n't given it much thought . |
15 | Whatever the impulse of the moment , she had n't given herself lightly to Roman . |
16 | What I want from you is something you have n't given anybody else . ’ |
17 | You have n't given anything away . |
18 | How can I be sure you have not given it away to another ? " |
19 | I 've often speculated since on what would have happened if we 'd just given ourselves up at this point . |
20 | ‘ We 'd almost given you up . ’ |
21 | It 's no use taking up extreme reducing diets this week if we end up giving them up next week . |
22 | We do n't , we do n't give them much credit |
23 | We 've just given them so much bloody and if your houses are in bad condition go to your council ! |
24 | We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay . |
25 | We 've never given you quite so many opportunities to get involved . |
26 | In fact this has been a bit over ambitious , very pleased with ourselves were n't we , perhaps we have n't given ourselves enough ? |
27 | Oh , they decided not to give us quite so much work ? |
28 | Good job they did n't give us more than seven and a half percent is n't it ? |
29 | They tell you nothing , give you the idea that there are no alternatives … they do n't like to admit that they ca n't cater for every child 's needs … they do n't give anything freely … not even information . |
30 | but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday |