Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pron] [modal v] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't deserve another chance — but I 'm hoping , praying that you will give me one anyway . ’
2 Do I know that she will give me a lift ?
3 I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up .
4 They need to know that they can give you your professional , their professional attention they will not make it compulsively , the majority party of what went wrong this is you were no longer the majority party .
5 Formally but icily they replied that they " do not desire to interfere with any views which he may have towards improving his position in life , but they expect that he will give them six months ' notice of his intention to resign the mastership of the School " .
6 I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week
7 If he was begging , he seemed hardly to expect that anyone would give him money for making such a noise .
8 ‘ I feel sure you 'll understand that it will give me great satisfaction to entertain your niece 's young cousin .
9 ‘ Oh ? ’ she questioned carefully , while her brain was rattling off the clamouring question — was he saying that he would give her a lift ?
10 I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified .
11 Now he was insisting that she should give him the dress she was wearing to pay off the debt .
12 ‘ Does that mean that you will give me a game ? ’
13 His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go .
14 And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong .
15 Fred 's voice was sharp with suspicion , and Fran knew that he would give her no peace unless she explained .
16 But seeing the pleading in her eyes and aware that she was on the very brink of womanhood , he knew that he must give her her head and allow her to marry if that was what she wanted .
17 Now she thought that she could give it up for three weeks in the Italian sun .
18 The best answer that I can give him is that the fact that Mr. Thorpe had available to him the escape route of appealing to a health authority elsewhere in the country meant that the process was not carried to its conclusion in north Devon .
19 Cos that 's whatsername 's erm Kenny said that they might give you an injection .
20 She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring .
21 Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him .
22 But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent .
23 We would value your support and any help that you can give us .
24 I listened carefully to my right hon. Friend the Minister , hoping that he would give me a chance .
25 All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could .
26 Signora Puglia was consulted and she suggested that she should give me private lessons after school to bring me up to the standard of the others .
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