Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'll have to give him a caution at least . |
| 3 | ‘ You talk about giving your mind a rest , sir , but I shall have to give my body a bit of a rest soon . |
| 4 | But I will try to give it up . |
| 5 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But you 'll have to give me time to think . ’ |
| 7 | But you 'll have to give it all you 've got . ’ |
| 8 | Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single . |
| 9 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |