Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I am able to give you a reassurance , madam , ’ he said . |
| 2 | When he spoke of himself with evident authority as ‘ the senior Vietnam veteran on active duty ’ you could read the subtext as if it was in neon : if I am prepared to give my commander-in-chief unquestioned respect , so should you . |
| 3 | I am happy to give my hon. Friend the assurance that we are not going down the route of a federal Europe . |
| 4 | I am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance . |
| 5 | Unfortunately I am unable to give you a firm price for the software as we have not yet completed the development stage , but it will be somewhere in the region of 65 . |
| 6 | The User Guide will be published alongside the software and again at this stage I am unable to give you a price . |
| 7 | ‘ Please tell the King , ’ I answered warmly , ‘ that I am ready to give my life to save him or his country . ’ |
| 8 | I am ready to give you again the beautiful face of |
| 9 | For I am ready to give you my breath , my life , |
| 10 | I am ready to give it a go . |
| 11 | The man at the village shop said , ‘ I 'm pleased to give something to Mr Perks . |
| 12 | Jamie has a lot of skill and I 'm pleased to give him this opportunity . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm perfect to give you this message . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry to give you all this trouble , ’ Luce told her , flustered . |
| 15 | Oh I do n't think I 'm able to give you a specific answer . |
| 16 | ‘ All right , Seb , I 'm willing to give it a try . |
| 17 | Fit him in , will you , when I 'm free to give him some time . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'll have it tomorrow morning — or as soon as I 'm free to give it . ’ |
| 19 | He 's set up a meeting for tomorrow with his financial boys , and I get the impression he 's very keen , but it 's all down to what he wants for the equity investment and how much I 'm prepared to give him . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm , no , I 'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment . |
| 21 | Yes I 'm prepared to give my name I feel you know . |
| 22 | you will probably have recognized the body that says I 'm prepared to give you more . |
| 23 | I was keen to give it a go because Leicester are one of the top clubs , and so it was n't something I could refuse , was it ? |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Dysart paid over the odds for charring , and my Wilfrid thought I was mad to give it up , but I was glad to go , believe you me , glad to be out of that house for good and all . |
| 25 | When the national selectors ' viewpoint was put to him , Watt took up the challenge : ‘ I was happy to give it a real bash . |
| 26 | ‘ I was wrong to give your mother a job , ’ he said . |
| 27 | But just to have you near me I was willing to give it all to you . |
| 28 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 29 | The major assistance I was able to give him was in connection with the Tribunal , presided over by Lord Radcliffe , established to investigate the Vassall affair in November 1962 . |
| 30 | Before I left I was able to give him the good news about his friend Donald , one of the officers to whom we had given food and clothes on the banks of the Rovacchia . |