Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] [modal v] give [pron] " 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 | But Mr Chirac promised that he would give his full support to the government , expressing criticism only in private to Mr Balladur . |
| 4 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 " . |
| 7 | Koresh told that he 'd give himself up once he 'd written his prophetic interpretation of the seven seals . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 10 | If he was begging , he seemed hardly to expect that anyone would give him money for making such a noise . |
| 11 | ‘ I feel sure you 'll understand that it will give me great satisfaction to entertain your niece 's young cousin . |
| 12 | I know that you will give your support as always and help achieve our goal . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh ? ’ she questioned carefully , while her brain was rattling off the clamouring question — was he saying that he would give her a lift ? |
| 14 | He had waited for over ten minutes and decided that he would give his friend another five minutes before making off home . |
| 15 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 16 | I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified . |
| 17 | Now he was insisting that she should give him the dress she was wearing to pay off the debt . |
| 18 | ‘ Does that mean that you will give me a game ? ’ |
| 19 | He screamed that he would give himself to the Devil if he caught the girl before she reached home . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Fred 's voice was sharp with suspicion , and Fran knew that he would give her no peace unless she explained . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Now she thought that she could give it up for three weeks in the Italian sun . |
| 25 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 26 | They hurt , sometimes excruciatingly , but on the deepest level of all , it is somehow ‘ all right ’ ; and out of the praise and gratitude and joy that spring from it when we can grasp it , I think that we may give ourselves permission for the more mundane , but wonderfully healing emotion of happiness . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Cos that 's whatsername 's erm Kenny said that they might give you an injection . |
| 29 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 30 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |