Example sentences of "i [modal v] give them [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 2 | STEWART KENNEDY : ‘ I 'LL GIVE THEM FIVE . ’ |
| 3 | And she said , Oh I 'll give them two biscuits each . |
| 4 | I 'll give them all to Mark . |
| 5 | There 'd been a lot of changes under the malais , I 'll give them that , even if most of the development was for reasons of military necessity and accomplished , like the Japanese for whom they had more than a sneaking admiration , with forced-draft labour . |
| 6 | They were not incompetents , I 'll give them that . |
| 7 | Well , well interesting programme , I 'll give them that though . |
| 8 | I 'll give them hundred for them . |
| 9 | I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour , he thought savagely as he came out on to his floor and lumbered towards room 4038 , I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour and then some . |
| 10 | I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour , he thought savagely as he came out on to his floor and lumbered towards room 4038 , I 'll give them nice dry sense of humour and then some . |
| 11 | I 'll give them three minutes . |
| 12 | I 'll give them some cheese on toast . |
| 13 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 14 | Before God , I 'd give them all up just to see her again , just to touch her ! |
| 15 | ( ‘ I 'd give them six months , survival when they leave here , ’ the doorman had told her . ) |
| 16 | ‘ If firms were to ring me up , I 'd give them some jolly good advice , ’ she adds … |
| 17 | But mind you I used to give them six , whatever they wanted you know . |
| 18 | As I explained earlier , I nearly threw my oil pastels away in frustration , but I thought I would give them another try with a different approach . |
| 19 | Given the new licensing laws for teachers I shall give them some experience of the post 16+ area before embarking on the lower school work with which under the former arrangement I would normally have begun . |
| 20 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |