Example sentences of "i to give " in BNC.
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| 31 | There 's so much for me to give , |
| 32 | He watched me intently , eyes narrowed against the sun which struck into this side of the courtyard , waiting for me to give a reasonable answer , which was foolish of him . |
| 33 | I thought that his appearance meant he had really been suffering very much , longing for me to give up my work , and had only refrained from asking me to do so out of respect for my ‘ rights ’ . |
| 34 | It is that Lady Susan Hussey , the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , rang me to give directions to find the fateful villa , 12 miles from St Tropez . |
| 35 | Far be it from me to give Mr Major advice , but I would suggest that insults towards any of these people , such as his recent attacks on ‘ froth and bubble ’ Lord Tebbit , will backfire . |
| 36 | He wants me to give him his lunch back ! |
| 37 | Even ten years ago the notion of the nurse as the patient 's advocate had not been formally recognised , and the stress involved in being unable to act properly in the patient 's defence was almost enough to persuade me to give up altogether . |
| 38 | ‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’ |
| 39 | He wanted me to give him ideas . |
| 40 | ‘ Meanwhile , allow me to give you glad tidings . |
| 41 | The evolutionary story , to the extent that it can now be understood ( and to the much more modest extent to which I understand it myself ) seems to me to give some support to the view that in this respect the historical story means very much what it seems to mean . |
| 42 | At this point there is need for me to give some detail about the shape and nature of the primary curriculum to which all children should have access . |
| 43 | ‘ The size of my hands probably did help me to give the ball a real tweak and to develop variety in my bowling , ’ Tribe says . |
| 44 | ‘ Would you like me to give you my address , Mother ? ’ |
| 45 | You asked me to give you a ring like . ’ |
| 46 | Pretty silly of me to give you a false name , but I have n't much experience of — of — ‘ |
| 47 | Mr. Beazley invites me to give a very broad interpretation to paragraph 12 of the Kalfelis [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 5565 judgment and to say that all these swap actions fall broadly within the test that it is expedient to hear and determine them together ; he argues that the use of the plural in that paragraph shows that the principle there laid down covers several defendants in groups of actions as well as several defendants in an individual action ; and he submits that there is a risk here of irreconcilable judgments , seeing that both at first instance and thereafter , if the cases proceed up to the appellate process , different decisions may be reached in England and Scotland respectively , on the questions of English law which arise ( there is no suggestion that Scottish law applies to these actions ) . |
| 48 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 49 | ‘ Well ? ’ she said , ‘ I hope you do n't expect me to give you anything . ’ |
| 50 | I do n't know why anyone picked me to give a speech . |
| 51 | So ( bridegroom 's name ) very kindly invited me to give a speech . |
| 52 | Now I think it just leaves me to give the notices out . |
| 53 | Respectfully waiting for me to give my orders . |
| 54 | I even hoped the Germans would overrun our positions and so allow me to give myself up as a prisoner . |
| 55 | ‘ Maureen told me to give her just a small dose , and I did , ’ she said . |
| 56 | ‘ He rewards me — I owe him my life — he would kill us all if I did not — how many answers do you want me to give you ? ’ |
| 57 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 58 | Getting me out of bed at this hour , wanting me to give directions . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Charlie sent me to give you a hand . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |