Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [verb] give [pers pn] " 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 ‘ 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 .
5 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 .
6 Yeah I , but I mean I 've but I 've got to give you a small area of background .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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