Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about those sheep , Seb , they 're as snug as bugs in a rug out there , but I 've given them some more hay , just in case . |
| 2 | I sha n't be in today as it 's Monday , but I 've given your name to Bill , the head librarian , and he 's expecting you . |
| 3 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 4 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 5 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
| 6 | But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot . |
| 7 | She 's an extravagant girl , but I suppose given her looks , it is only natural to make the most of herself . ’ |
| 8 | But I want to give you my professional opinion — ’ He broke off testily , then added , ‘ Sure , yes . |
| 9 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 10 | But I have given her up , and in any case she has meant nothing to me for years . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I have given my word to la Principessa , I have said I would ask you to come with me , and you have agreed . |
| 12 | £ But I think to give us perhaps a more vivid idea of what it must have been like for ordinary people , these are 3 houses in St Aldate 's that do n't exist any more , they 're down more-or-less where the police station is , erm and we do know exactly who lived there , and who was actually there during the war . |
| 13 | Sub-text : ‘ I have the power to predict , to warn you , to threaten you , to criticise you , but I choose to give you this message in a very subtle way . |
| 14 | if that 's not her role , but you 've given her that role . |
| 15 | They 've all been joining in singing a Christmas carol but you have given me an idea for your present but you 'll have to hurry though - it 's Christmas Eve . |
| 16 | I would have died for you , but you have given yourself to a worthless man . |
| 17 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 18 | But you did give her quite a blow . |
| 19 | But she had given him neither an address nor a telephone number ; and the complexities of finding either had posed rather too much of a problem on a transatlantic line . |
| 20 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 21 | But she had given it little thought during this time with Fernando . |
| 22 | And so this woman , she did n't preach a sermon , but she does give her a testament , she goes back and she gets the folk in the village , and she says , come see someone , meet someone , let me introduce you to someone who has told me everything that I have ever done ! |
| 23 | But she 'd given her promise , albeit with great reluctance , not to confide the truth to her friend . |
| 24 | He never married Tarita , his leading lady in Mutiny on the Bounty , but she did give him two children . |
| 25 | But she did give him a hefty shove and he nearly fell . |
| 26 | I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’ |
| 27 | but she 's given me some deep cream , she says these spasms she |
| 28 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 29 | ‘ As Roman Catholics , but we 've given it up . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We know you do n't like reproductions , Dr Streeter , ’ Barnett said rather nervously , ‘ but we wanted to give you something to remind you of us . |