Example sentences of "but [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing gave me the right to say it now . |
| 2 | but nothing gave , and I left him , |
| 3 | But no-one gives a second glance to a frail Japanese man , who stands , cupping his hand over a cigarette , looking a little lost amid the general traffic . |
| 4 | But I give you this pledge . |
| 5 | But I give you this pledge . |
| 6 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 7 | I am not going to go in to all the details , but I give you one example . |
| 8 | Birds in the wild do n't have much variety in their diet — it really does n't seem to bother them — but I give Dawn mice sometimes , and a rat every now and again as a ‘ treat ’ . |
| 9 | But I give you my undertaking , that the ideas will be pursued er at a later date . |
| 10 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 11 | But I give it back to er cos I have two pleadings bundles . |
| 12 | Now I know said I was but I give the impression from that if you shake hands with them you should count your fingers afterwards |
| 13 | But I give them a so then I saw Mrs on Tuesday when I was at Ashington . |
| 14 | But I give her erm |
| 15 | I was once or twice approached by stony-faced nuns begging for charities , but I gave nothing because I felt sure that some of those nuns were fakes , possibly men in drag , for their big , dark , hollow eyes , dyspeptic noses bright red in chalk-white faces , compressed , colourless lips and faint moustaches were hardly the signs of religious penance , and they were all wearing rather large boots . |
| 16 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 17 | I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole . |
| 18 | ‘ I used to ask myself that one but I gave up trying to find an answer long ago . ’ |
| 19 | I gained a lot out of 1991 , but I gave a lot to it . |
| 20 | Shit , but I gave that bastard a headache ! ’ |
| 21 | But I gave it to him you know . |
| 22 | I came home bruised and in tears sometimes , but I gave as good as I got . |
| 23 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 24 | It looks like smoked salmon and tastes like nothing on earth , but I gave it her the day before his next ward round . |
| 25 | But I gave in . |
| 26 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 27 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 28 | But I gave my genuine reason for returning earlier , which was the Arts Council 's monthly meeting , in which I was deeply interested and whose chairman I was at the time . |
| 29 | But I gave you my word — nothing against your will . ’ |
| 30 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |