Example sentences of "i give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have I given offence ? ’ |
| 2 | I certainly feel I give women strength and hope , particularly young women , so in that respect , I think it 's feminist . ’ |
| 3 | They ask : Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me ? |
| 4 | Shall I give notice ? ’ |
| 5 | Can I give Mel a ring tonight ? |
| 6 | I give credit to the people of those regions who , as we have seen , are realising some of the follies of the past . |
| 7 | But for everything else I give credit where it is due . |
| 8 | I give lectures in the autumn , I do quite a lot of management seminars and inspirational speaking at sales conferences . |
| 9 | I give space for others , and allow others ' plans to come before my own . |
| 10 | ‘ I give blow jobs to the band members . ’ |
| 11 | At Christmas I give Otley my turkey and he gives me his Brussels sprouts . |
| 12 | Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German . |
| 13 | I give Maggie sheets and a duvet . |
| 14 | I give Maggie one for , today . |
| 15 | Bill only likes H P beans and I give Maggie a tin of them seventeen P beans and I says throw the tin away before he sees it and he could n't tell the difference . |
| 16 | I give Sky 's version high marks for content but none for realistic decor . |
| 17 | ‘ I give breakfast to the patients . ’ |
| 18 | But it so happens , you might say well all these years retired I ca n't be much good at the job , you 'll be interested to know that I give talks to groups which include retiring tax inspectors . |
| 19 | I give Jim that bit of cheese he said where do you find this ? |
| 20 | I confess that I give pride of place to the story of his children on the occasion they organised a charade displaying a Crusader knight returning from the wars . |
| 21 | In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes . |
| 22 | ‘ ACE got Bill Gates to commit to MIPS — I give Bob Miller ( MIPS president ) accolades for it . ’ |
| 23 | They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet . |
| 24 | I give way to the hon. Gentleman , who is an endangered species on the Opposition Benches as he is one of the few who still speak their mind . |
| 25 | This is my speech , not the hon. Gentleman 's , and I warn him that if I give way now it will be for the last time . |
| 26 | To get the balance right , I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Sir T. Taylor ) . |
| 27 | I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton , North-East ( Mrs. Hicks ) . |
| 28 | I am already beset by offers to interrupt my pearls of wisdom and , in deference to my good friend , I give way to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 29 | I give way to him . |
| 30 | I want to finish my introduction before I give way . |