Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's definitely an experience and I try to give myself to the moment and make the most of it . |
| 2 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 3 | I promised the money to the Church and I want to give it . |
| 4 | You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you . |
| 5 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 6 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 7 | Still , I do n't suppose a high intelligence is one of her assets , and you have to give her ten out of ten for persistence . |
| 8 | If you 've time to spare and you want to give yourself a pleasure , the Italian boy 's schooling Miss Dersingham 's big fellow . ’ |
| 9 | I gave it to Mrs Barrymore , and she promised to give it to him at once . ’ |
| 10 | But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time . |
| 11 | I spoke to the mayor and we decided to give them a proper Christian burial in the village cemetery . |
| 12 | to get rid of the abscess , oh god it was painful , it really was , in fact I had it once , I had a load of penicillin , did n't finish the penicillin and it came back again and they had to give me a stronger drug then for five days |
| 13 | And they , they , sort of the panel met , and they decided to give it to her , because hers was the nearest to a result . |
| 14 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 15 | When he opened it moths flew out and he had to give it a good clean to get rid of the cobwebs and years of dust that had settled inside . |
| 16 | So he could n't keep it going any longer and he had to give it up , so he 's on the dole again . |
| 17 | And he use to give us a couple of quid each . |
| 18 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 19 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 20 | After every fight , he says , he thinks about retirement and he intends to give it more consideration that usual in the New Year , vowing that when he quits he 'll do so as world champion . |
| 21 | He appreciated that he got his international chance because of his club and he wanted to give something back . |
| 22 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 23 | And and he happened to give me . |
| 24 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 25 | He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun . |
| 26 | Now he drew himself upwards and stepped back from her , and it seemed to give her space to breathe , for she drew air into her lungs and for the first time she spoke , almost whimpering now : ‘ I … |
| 27 | Reasonable force may be used against anyone who is uncooperative , and anyone failing to give their name and address when asked is liable to be arrested . |