Example sentences of "[noun] i give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pledge to increase the amount of time or money I give to environmental and development organisations . |
| 2 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 3 | To those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ , he says ‘ Peace I leave with you ( peace with God ) my peace I give unto you ( the peace of God ) . ’ |
| 4 | But even with that clutch of reasons to be glassy-eyed , I 've stayed almost sober for an entire month , sitting miserably at the bar wondering why low-alcohol lager has an after-taste like floor polish , and disturbing old friends with the rapt attention I give to such enquiries as : ‘ Ice and lemon in your tonic water , sir ? ’ |
| 5 | And throughout the journey , the question asked by that woman in the beginning anchored the emphasis of this book , it shook a fist at the ghosts over my shoulder ( because like most people I give to others the power to intimidate and censor from afar ) and it forced me to make the chronicle accountable to its subjects . |
| 6 | On the contrary , the older I get , the greater priority I give to a loving relationship . |
| 7 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 8 | I must also emphasise that the answer I give to the question before me will be of general application . |