Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People of opposing political views can live together , as can people of different religions , until something happens to make them meet head-on , and then one of them must give way . |
| 2 | The craziness of the theatre business was apparent from day one and about three weeks into my ten week contract , I thought I ought to give Peace Corps another try . |
| 3 | " Perhaps " said Peter Alliss its original designer with Dave Thomas " Someone should give praise where praise is due . " |
| 4 | I must give Kim a ring . |
| 5 | Now , everybody 's instinct is to think , ‘ My goodness , I must give way , I , you know , they really need it , I must talk to him down the telephone . ’ |
| 6 | I must give credit to one speaker though , an MP from Burnley . |
| 7 | ‘ Yet today , if I must give reasons for the love-affair we all shared with Nigel , it is not difficult . |
| 8 | I must give Ibanez another brief round of applause for the positioning of the screws on the truss rod cover . |
| 9 | If I were a publisher , I should give John Mortimer a fat retainer to stand by ready to cover the Aids cause celebre from day one . |
| 10 | I crammed my mouth with for fear I might give utterance to my anger . |
| 11 | Er , if they do n't , the commencement will not take place and we will continue on the existing boundaries , that would , and I 'll give way to my honourable friend in a moment , that of course would create massive inconvenience , I see no er real reason why the other states er which have yet to ratify should not do so er but my honourable friend I think wanted to intervene with a further thought on this point so I give way to her . |
| 12 | Er what the gov the British government would like to see is a resolution of these matters er our precise position er and attitude and er erm the assistance we can give in reaching conclusions is much more a matter er for ministers of the foreign office rather than myself so the honourable gentleman er invites me to tread in areas that do n't belong to me and do not actually belong to these orders that are before us , no they 're not , they 're not really relevant to whether we approve or not the orders that are before us , er I 'll give way in a moment but the honourable gentleman er for I believe wanted to intervene . |
| 13 | But I of course have the advantage of being one who condemns that degree of maladministration whether it applies in the democratic sector or in the quango sector and unfortunately , unfortunately despite all the corruption , I I 'll give way to the honourable gentleman if I could just er finish the point I 'm making , unfortunately despite all the corruption and all the mismanagement and all the fraud for which the Secretary of State is personally responsible as Secretary of State . |
| 14 | okay well I 'll get that supervisors course I 'll give N H A a ring and see how fast they can do it yeah cos really needs it as well does n't she ? |
| 15 | I 'll give Chris a ring . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll give instructions that you 're not to be disturbed . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll give mum a ring later then . |
| 18 | I 'll give Lesley a ring in a minute . |
| 19 | The other aspect Mr Mayor that I , that I want t to dwell on is the thing about housing benefits themselves , there 's been a lot of talk by a lot of speakers about benefits and er means testing in the years gone by and well okay I 'll give councillor a few more years than I have , I do n't remember the forties because I was born towards the end of them but , y'know , maybe that happened . |
| 20 | I 'll give Albert |
| 21 | " I 'll give £5 towards the funds if the Principal will jump in , " he challenged . |
| 22 | That is Ian , I 'll give Ian a ring cos Ian r rings direct . |
| 23 | we 'll talk to Sue Dave that needs to be , to find out if we can , what 's happening elsewhere cos she can through her colleagues and I will also I I do n't think I 'll ring Margaret but I 'll give Terry a ring Morden who 's the record of achievement guy there and get on quite well with him just to find out what sort of tap they 're taking on it cos er yeah , I I take very much what Sandra 's saying as do n't want our youngsters to be disadvantaged in anyway if others are lies , damn lies and |
| 24 | ‘ I 've warned him I 'll give Argyll his head on a plate if he causes any trouble . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll give Mary the letter when she comes 'ome . |
| 26 | I 'll give mummy a hand . |
| 27 | But I 'll give Rainbow this : she has the gumption to sound ungracious . |
| 28 | Picking up her bag , Liz Spalding walked to the door , ‘ I 'll give Chrissie a hand in the kitchen . ’ |
| 29 | I could give evidence on that , yeah ? |
| 30 | I thought I could give dad some of these and then eat them all myself |