Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er in order to do that I 've got to give you various reassurances . |
| 2 | I actually took all those letters home and I went and I listed all the things that were listed er mentioned in all the letters and also that I tried to consider giving you know my impression of the meeting and tried putting exactly what what they 're saying . |
| 3 | ‘ So I 've decided to give him Araminta , after all . |
| 4 | Incidentally , I have plenty of pocket money , as the Chinese have been very generous , and I gather have given us almost twice as much as the average wage for a Chinese university or Institute teacher — which is absurd in a way , since all our food and accommodation ( as well as free transport and haircuts ! ) are found for us . |
| 5 | It 's fourpence , and I 've got to give my mammy my wages yet . ’ |
| 6 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 7 | Though I do n't live there any more , I still regard the South Bronx as my community and I want to try to give something back . |
| 8 | ‘ His best club position is centre or full-back and I have agreed to give him a shot at fullback to see how he goes . |
| 9 | And I hated having to give her my letters to you , but I could n't think how else to get in touch because I did n't know your address in Australia . ’ |
| 10 | If you give her anything else , she can do that as well , she tries not to get involved , but I try to keep giving her more , so she 's not getting bored with the job . |
| 11 | Yeah I , but I mean I 've but I 've got to give you a small area of background . |
| 12 | Erm but I 've had to give it all up because I 'm too busy , so I do n't run it from anywhere now , but for the last er four or five years it 's been from the Hotel . |
| 13 | My rambles through some of the recent linguistics literature , and into the undergrowth of conversational databases , searching for English , have been somewhat random , but I have tried to give them a unifying theme . |
| 14 | But when I tried to avoid giving them he ordered me to tell him what was up . |
| 15 | Both sides of the House could and should support most of its provisions , but where improvements are necessary we shall be pressing them on the Minister , and I hope that we shall receive as fair a hearing from him as I have tried to give his Bill this afternoon . |