Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [modal v] give [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 2 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 3 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
| 5 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 6 | There was no way that she would give him the satisfaction of seeing her emerge later in the evening with puffy red eyes . |
| 7 | I now believe that she will give me a lift this evening , and this belief is justified . |
| 8 | Do I know that she will give me a lift ? |
| 9 | Now he was insisting that she should give him the dress she was wearing to pay off the debt . |
| 10 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
| 11 | However , I am doing as the Daily Mirror suggested , and am contacting you in the hope that you can give me the answer . |
| 12 | It 's not just the better the members that we 've got working in the Health Service , it 's about everybody in the room and everybody in the country who wants to use it and we 've got ta get it a bi a bit higher up on the agenda at this union and I hope Mick , that you can give us the confidence and give us the commitment , that that 's what we 're gon na get from this union . |
| 13 | ‘ Does that mean that you will give me a game ? ’ |
| 14 | I am sure that you will give him the same affirmation and support you gave to me when I arrived . |
| 15 | Madam , I 'm gon na ask you to say in those circumstances that we should give him the maximum discharge . |
| 16 | What we do say is that we will give you an opportunity erm er if you like a platform for er for earning good money |
| 17 | We provide a platform for people to earn substantial money erm you know the only guarantee we give you is that we will give you the opportunity . |
| 18 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 19 | Cos that 's whatsername 's erm Kenny said that they might give you an injection . |
| 20 | instead of saying , telling the er insurance people that they 'd give them the bills and they could pay them as they came in , he said they 'd got a lump sum . |
| 21 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 22 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 23 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 24 | And we must remember our interest in Livesey is only that he might give us a lead to the young girl 's killer . ’ |
| 25 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 26 | But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent . |
| 27 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 28 | I listened carefully to my right hon. Friend the Minister , hoping that he would give me a chance . |
| 29 | Fred 's voice was sharp with suspicion , and Fran knew that he would give her no peace unless she explained . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh ? ’ she questioned carefully , while her brain was rattling off the clamouring question — was he saying that he would give her a lift ? |