Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would remind you that I am the captain of this ship and that at sea not even an admiral can take over from me or give orders which I consider to be to the detriment of this vessel . ’ |
| 2 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 3 | I think they , if they , I mean as long as they know we are going to tell them or give them something each month they ought , ought to begin to look out for it . |
| 4 | The spherical objects are very fragile and must be guided by Steg , to do this he must either nudge them or give them a quick blow ( erm … yes , fair enough — Ed ) . |
| 5 | Depending on how influential people were , Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting . |
| 6 | If they turn all their power on Forteviot , we either have to do nothing or cross the river ourselves and give battle . |
| 7 | She twisted herself sideways in frenzy , screaming still and trying to wrench her wrists free and then he moved both her hands to one of his and gave her a light stinging slap across her cheek . |
| 8 | Now again I but give us as to the length of time that elapsed between flying the door door breaker and you radioing ? |
| 9 | There was nothing of interest or value , nothing that gave any clue as to why the scientist had been killed . |
| 10 | It seems to me that given that you have a southern bypass , there could be an argument for saying , if we had a northern inner relief road , that northern inner relief road together with a southern bypass , could perform some of the functions of the western relief road . |
| 11 | My husband actually said to me that giving up smoking was easy because he 's done it plenty of times . |
| 12 | But Richard 's polite attempt to straighten himself and to give something like a slight bow made the damage to his lung rather worse . |
| 13 | He comes out , he shakes himself and gives a growl . |
| 14 | Then he hailed another for himself and gave the driver the address of the Montrose . |
| 15 | For example , he needs to be able to identify himself and give personal facts about himself . |
| 16 | Cnut divided the country in four in 1017 , keeping Wessex for himself and giving East Anglia to Thorkell , Mercia to Eadric , and Northumbria to Eric . |
| 17 | He takes somebody and gives them the work on the side . |
| 18 | Here is the fair mall ( mallet ) To give a knock on the skull To the man who keeps no gear for himself But gives all to his bairns . |
| 19 | ‘ Definitely , people have been respectful towards me and given me some free time . |
| 20 | Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter . |
| 21 | As Noel Blanc , who has a collection of 20 classic cars , explains : ‘ When I 'm driving down the street in my hot-rod , people are waving at me and giving me the thumbs up . |
| 22 | And I remember running into the ward where I had been treated , finding one of the nurses who had looked after me and giving her a big hug and her crying . |
| 23 | I stole a quick sidelong glance , and saw him turn his head at the same instant to look at me and give a faint smile . |
| 24 | I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’ |
| 25 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 26 | ‘ Come home with me and give us a concert , ’ said Jarvis . |
| 27 | And I think you 've got ta address my doubts because if I have doubts how am I going to stand in front of members and say hang on a minute , I can give you all of these answers , I can tell you what unison 's going to be like and this is what 's been decided , now come back to me and give me your fears , give me your doubts and I 'll go and take them on to represent you . |
| 28 | Which means that you 're likely to have a much clearer view of things than most , unsullied by ambition and administrative politics-by a reluctance to deal with me and give me what I want . ’ |
| 29 | I give you one bio-day exactly to make contact with me and give me your answer . ’ |
| 30 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |