Example sentences of "[modal v] give [pron] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In reporting a problem to the highway authority , ’ the booklet advises , ‘ you should give them as much information as possible about what is wrong and where — give a grid reference if you can . ’ |
| 2 | No I said space is a hundred pound and we 'll give you twice that size for that . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
| 4 | Provided America does n't pull out of the alliance completely , that ought to give us all some protection . ’ |
| 5 | And er the corporation used to give her so many tickets to last her the week . |
| 6 | Er one case I know he , he 's so well known amongst the old lads er he used to give you so many sums to do each day and I think it was four or five long division . |
| 7 | Even the least of these would give us vastly more sediment than we normally seem to find preserved for us in our stratigraphical record . |
| 8 | A Saturday decision would give us very little time to alter our plans , ’ said the manager . |
| 9 | And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’ |
| 10 | Nobody believes that is going to happen , least of all Jack Charlton , who says taking the Irish to the finals will give him as much satisfaction as he drew from winning the competition with England in 1966 . |
| 11 | They are usually very , very helpful and will give you far more information than you will find in the ‘ search ’ documents . |
| 12 | Erm , now I will give you as much help as I can with that , but not the actual subject of it , erm , you can determine what the objective is yourselves . |
| 13 | ‘ The listing will give us much more flexibility and will also enable us to use the market for capital raising exercises if necessary . ’ |
| 14 | So we thought , No if we can stop them to speak to them cos at the end of the day we ca n't actually stop them going up , we can give them as much harassment as we can yes er and keep within the law . |