Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I will give way if he wants to develop his point further . |
| 32 | I said no she 's in bed at the moment I said but I will give her a shout . |
| 33 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 34 | ‘ The precise scale you ca n't quantify , but I can give you the parameters . |
| 35 | But I can give you some idea of general trends in your life . |
| 36 | The chalets are kept for groups , but I can give you a room in the house . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ But I can give you a lift home . |
| 38 | And , we 're not in doing , not intend telling you at the er , proposals we will put in the budget , but I can give you an assurance at this point in time , that we shall be borrowing money . |
| 39 | It was the seven shillings wages I was worried about , but I used to give that to me mother . |
| 40 | But you might give them the space to find one for themselves . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ She will , my dear , I promise , but you must give her a chance . |
| 42 | But you must give me leave to confide in the prince , and I make the same promise for him . |
| 43 | ‘ But you will give it a ‘ most urgent ’ rating . ’ |
| 44 | But you could give me this project , put me in charge of the entire operation — and let me see it through . |
| 45 | But you could give me some It 's so difficult . |
| 46 | N : The best things in life are free but you can give them to the birds and bees |
| 47 | Many manufacturers produce pine or pine-effect units , but none will give the easy-on-the-eye , mellow effect that you can get from old pine . |
| 48 | His wife answered and told me that he was out on a call but she 'd give him my message . |
| 49 | Yes but she can give advice . |
| 50 | But she will give me this . |
| 51 | There was nothing she could do about that , but she could give the ring back and that would show what she thought of him ! |
| 52 | In the '90s , Crispin Glover would be Dean , Kyle MacLachlan Sal — but who 'd give them a lift ? |
| 53 | But we 'll give them a ring now anyway . |
| 54 | ‘ Only God can make a tree , ’ he said , ‘ but we can give him a hand now and then . |
| 55 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |
| 56 | ‘ Not only can we match any skin , from lightest to darkest , ’ he says , ‘ but we can give any woman the exact combination of texture , weight and coverage that she wants in a foundation or powder . |
| 57 | But we can give you a paragraph in the morning edition . ’ |
| 58 | If you can return it to us within 90 minutes , we will not only give you a new one , but we will give you two new ones . ’ |
| 59 | We will not include the value of any message or information , but we will give sympathetic consideration to your request for a refund of the reasonable costs you have had in making enquiries about a lost or damaged postal packet . |
| 60 | How this approach works will become clearer when we come to discuss acquired disorders of reading and spelling later in the chapter ; but we will give one example relating to disorders of spoken language — specifically , to contrasting patterns of disordered sentence production . |