Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] you a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your employer must give you a written statement when making a redundancy payment , showing how the amount is calculated , unless the amount of payment has already been fixed by the decision of an industrial tribunal . |
| 2 | If you are uncertain of the type of frame you want to use , or even of the very important role it plays in setting off the finished picture , browsing through the photographs in this book should give you a good idea of the tremendous versatility of frames , and also show you how the correct frame will focus the eye on the design itself , as well as balance all its elements . |
| 3 | Kathy and Eric Price run this small hotel as an ‘ extended home ’ which should give you a good idea as to its all pervading atmosphere of warmth and hospitality . |
| 4 | This should give you a good idea of what to expect if you do n't have the processing power or , perhaps more importantly , the inclination , to go Windows shopping . |
| 5 | That should give you a good help with that . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm red , so that should give you a fair spread . |
| 7 | Let's show you a typical penguin day and you can tell us when we 're wasting energy |
| 8 | Once a certain number of cheques have been used , your bank may send you a new book automatically . |
| 9 | And then there was the farcical , farcical final report I I used to take will be the first to endorse and interpreting those statistics at least in my case course , but I blush what these Consultants have done , let's give you a few examples , sixty five per cent , you see on page three think that changes are necessary , they were asked 'do you think changes are necessary to meet the fifteen transportation problems and to be needs ? ' |
| 10 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |
| 11 | You may also be told that there is an alternative route via Dakar , some 500 kilometres away , which may give you a connecting flight to Praia , the capital on Santiago Island — provided , of course , that the plane turns up . |
| 12 | But there are some standard arrangements which may give you a few helpful ideas . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll make you a nice cup of tea . |
| 14 | Well , I 'll take you straight up to Hilda 's room , and then I 'll make you a nice cup of tea . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll make you a good wife , Tyler . ’ |
| 16 | Do you think it 'll make you a better person ? |
| 17 | I 'll make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll make you a generous proposition , which I think you 'd do well to consider . |
| 19 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 20 | Marry me and I 'll make you a fine lady and leave you a rich widow . |
| 21 | AT THE CROSS ROADS Cross-training made simple : what to do , what to wear , and how it 'll make you a faster runner |
| 22 | You sha n't be shamed for she 'll think you a great lover , a real Lothario , a dandy Don Juan . |
| 23 | " I 'll buy you a Wimpy and chips if you 're hungry . |
| 24 | Go up to bed and I 'll bring you a hot drink with something to make you sleep … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Cheer up , ’ he went on , ‘ I 'll bring you a few cigarettes in a minute when Arthur 's opened the gate . ’ |
| 26 | Were you for instance more comfortable with a Mother fixation , I might give you a Catholic programme or a Russian Orthodox icon system . |
| 27 | ‘ After the Kentucky Derby , we will make a decision on where he goes , but I 'm a Yankee and that might give you a fair indication of where I 'd like to see him run , ’ he added . |
| 28 | Dangerous thing to say we 've already said , but preparing notes is lastly down to yourselves , I might give you a few tips on that . |
| 29 | It was claimed by the witnesses in their evidence that Hegan was the poor relation , he claims he was offered £1,000 , and swore he heard Bremner say ‘ Give us a penalty and I 'll give you a grand . ’ |
| 30 | So if someone had come up to you , and said , Well look , you you bet three pound , to have a go and if you get a four aces , I 'll give you a million pound , then it 's worth it . |