Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] that [pron] give " in BNC.

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1 I confess that I give pride of place to the story of his children on the occasion they organised a charade displaying a Crusader knight returning from the wars .
2 And I demand that you give them back this minute ! ’
3 third of November er I guess that they gave erm information about Westbourne Parish Council 's local paper er erm agreed .
4 I guess that it gave her a sense of independence and allowed her personality , which was fairly dominant , to develop .
5 I am writing as I disagree with various comments made in an article entitled A Pair of Glasses … by Linda Lewis , as I feel that it gave Indian Glassfish a very negative press .
6 I thought that she gave them education to add to er , to the poor .
7 Yes , certainly , because I think that it gives depth to life .
8 Chairman in your haste to get your own way for once , I mean , I had my hand up for about ten minutes and I thought that er , er our friend on your right had appraised you of that , because I think that you gave just as much a distorted view of what the real problem is , as perhaps Mr did , and I think that the way you railroaded that one through does you no credit at all .
9 A trust left in the form ‘ I demand ’ or ‘ I desire that you give ’ is also valid ; and so is one ‘ I wish my estate to be Titius ' ’ or ‘ I know that you will make over my estate to Titius ’ .
10 can I say that it gives me particular pleasure to introduce Steven not least , because Steven Hughes is one of our colleagues in parliament who does a fantastic job for the trade union movement .
11 In cross-examination she agreed that she gave the police a statement and , when asked how many statements she gave , replied , ‘ I gave one statement to the investigating officer … the day after Paulette was murdered . ’
12 ‘ How do you know what impression I have , and what makes you think that I give a damn what you and that boy get up to in your spare time ? ’
13 She says that they gave them every assistance possible .
14 I do n't know what his name was , but I was only a little kid like , you know We , we sung that He give us half a crown each , He said do you know on , on the I said oh yes .
15 In other words , they demand that he give a lead ; meanwhile , however , countless obstacles are placed in his path to prevent him from actually exercising leadership .
16 Then he 's to get her to admit that she gave Phyllis Henley the key to No. 22 .
17 This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity .
18 But he complains that I give him the impression that I am holding back and am not fully committed .
19 He considered that he gave Modigliani a fair deal : ‘ He came to my shop about ten o'clock in the morning .
20 Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television .
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