Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [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 So I 've decided to give him Araminta , after all .
3 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 .
4 It 's fourpence , and I 've got to give my mammy my wages yet . ’
5 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 .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 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 .
8 Yeah I , but I mean I 've but I 've got to give you a small area of background .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
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