Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Ursula , may I give you some advice ? |
| 2 | Now if anyone is tempted to join our happy band may I give you some advice which will ensure you get maximum enjoyment from your hobby — specialise . |
| 3 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |
| 4 | ‘ May I give you a hand ? ’ her companion offered , as she took an unsteady step forward . |
| 5 | May I give it to her ? |
| 6 | May I give it to her please ? |
| 7 | May I give you twenty four pence ? |
| 8 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 9 | Should I give him a knee where it hurt ? |
| 10 | Deardrie , should I give her a rocket , or just wait for a postcard ? |
| 11 | They ask : Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me ? |
| 12 | Why should I give anything to Perks ? |
| 13 | Should I too give Jacob my maidservant , Zilpah , or should I give in to Rachel ? |
| 14 | Why should I give you carte blanche to continue ? ’ |
| 15 | And why should I give it to you ? ’ |
| 16 | You could add extra vitamins and minerals but how much should you give ? |
| 17 | How much change should you give ? |
| 18 | So what SHOULD you give a baby to drink ? |
| 19 | Why should you give me the five thousand when you know the guy yourself ? |
| 20 | And why should you give him all your money for doing something " |
| 21 | Should she give in to her love for another woman ? |
| 22 | At the thought of Caroline Werner , a small shadow of anxiety crossed over Alix 's party recollections : the Werners were corning to dinner with the Bowens the following week , and what should she give them to eat ? |
| 23 | Or should we give them back their dignity , their freedom and their rightful place in the natural order of the world 's rivers and oceans ? |
| 24 | In what ways can he do this and what should we give him to do ? |
| 25 | Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ? |
| 26 | Why should we give their medication when they are capable of taking it themselves ? |
| 27 | Why , why should we give five hundred to the Sports Centre , and only four hundred to the community centre ? |
| 28 | Should we give them a ring ? |
| 29 | Can the classical doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation continue to serve as focusing and shaping theology for today , or must they give way to some quite different approach ? |
| 30 | Should they give up exercise , or continue through their pregnancy ? |