Example sentences of "i could give " in BNC.
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| 1 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 2 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
| 3 | But when Jem was born , there was no reason I could give him why not . |
| 4 | ‘ I could give you a call next Friday . |
| 5 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
| 6 | I could give you a blow-by-blow account of how England lost to Portugal the other night . |
| 7 | ‘ I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house . |
| 8 | ‘ If you came over I could give you all the assignments . ’ |
| 9 | But I began to see limitations in the amount I could give . |
| 10 | I could give you names . |
| 11 | I wish I could give these women their time again , to take them to the hills and show them what they could have shared with their selfish husbands , show them how a ridge-walk compares to a coffee morning in a draughty church hall , and how they could have become more in tune with their spirit and feelings up here than stuck down there watching television soap operas . |
| 12 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 13 | Or instead of washing them away down my mythical hillside , I could give them a decent burial in a sod of cancer graveyard , perhaps with a little cross over it . |
| 14 | If people do n't mind my having no degrees , I could give a few music lessons ! |
| 15 | ‘ I wish I could give you that , ’ he said . |
| 16 | And I can assure you that I did n't shine the torch on her longer than I needed to satisfy myself that she was beyond any help that I could give . ’ |
| 17 | I also needed to be knowledgeable about the procedures , likely outcomes and prognosis so that I could give full and accurate explanations to Mrs Allen . |
| 18 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 19 | The first thing was to find a school for you three — for six months you had had no teaching , except what I could give you , and then kind Miss Budden , the headmistress at Auckland House school , Simla , said she could take you if I could come too and help her nurse about twenty children down with measles in the san. , because Matron was coping with some children with suspected diphtheria in another block . |
| 20 | I wish I could give you all that 's best , |
| 21 | I could give her all the facts and figures . |
| 22 | But at last with your help I 've conquered the cut and sew , I could give you all a hug . |
| 23 | That was an answer I could give in medical detail , and so I did . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I could give you a lift , ’ Molland said . |
| 25 | I wish I could give him a post , but I could not pass Lord Bute 's son with decency ’ . |
| 26 | So if anybody does patchwork knitting or makes blankets or anything for charity and they 'd like to give me a ring any time , I could give you the pattern . |
| 27 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |
| 28 | You would like , I daresay , if I could give you a clear and definite policy . |
| 29 | ‘ But ask me the same question tomorrow and I could give a whole litany of things . |
| 30 | I could give him a message . |