Example sentences of "i [verb] to give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 2 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 3 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 4 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 5 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 6 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 7 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 8 | ‘ In true Hitchcock tradition , I always make one appearance in each series of Rumpole , but this time I decided to give myself a speaking part , ’ he says . |
| 9 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 10 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 11 | Sometimes he grunted at me as if trying to get me to say something , but always I had to give him the same classroom answer : ‘ Ich verstehe nicht . ’ |
| 12 | I have to give it an important-sounding name . |
| 13 | I intended to give him a further lesson on the facts of life , later . |
| 14 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
| 15 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |