Example sentences of "[prep] i give " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Some of the things said about me give the impression that I am quite mad .
2 And if you start to talk about me giving up and coming home with you , it ends right there . ’
3 ‘ They were very sniffy about me giving my address as this hotel .
4 It would be immoral for me to give up on my son ; I have been through so much in the last three years , ’ she said .
5 I am saving up a full account until our return , for it is impossible for me to give it in writing .
6 ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’
7 If he was more successful than me , I could say it made sense for me to give up my career . ’
8 There 's so much for me to give ,
9 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 .
10 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 ’ .
11 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 .
12 Respectfully waiting for me to give my orders .
13 ‘ I do n't think it 's appropriate for me to give an opinion , ’ Belinda replied firmly , ‘ even as a friend . ’
14 As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’
15 ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’
16 Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’
17 ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse !
18 but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one
19 Pretty silly of me to give you a false name , but I have n't much experience of — of — ‘
20 And he had half of I gave him that banana desert .
21 Like me to give them a ring ?
22 Er I did bring it with me to give to but obviously I 'll have to send it now .
23 I 've been finding that normally I can get up early in the morning , give Heather a ring or if she 's staying with me give her a shout , you know for her work .
24 I think a lot of the big trouble which was to happen started with me giving Changez Harold Robbins to read , because it stimulated Changez in a way that Conan Doyle never did .
25 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 .
26 There 's no point in me giving you type A when type B's better for you .
27 And those New England mountains seemed to me to give evidence of a human success so meagre and transitory as to be more desperate than the desert . ’
28 John wrote at length to Hanns about colour , shapes and general effect desirable , and asked him to ‘ do a few rough sketches and send them to me to give to Cecily ; number them so that I can just send you back a telegram saying ‘ Do number three ’ say , unless there is more to be said . ’
29 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 .
30 He stops short of handing it over himself , but gives it to me to give to her .
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