Example sentences of "i [verb] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
2 | I asked to give him a lead . |
3 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
4 | ‘ I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’ |
5 | I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done . |
6 | Uncle says to nephew : ‘ I intend to give you my shares in the Super Company on your twenty-first birthday . |
7 | I got to give him to you hold it |
8 | I got to give you two eights . |
9 | I got to give you the cello . |
10 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
11 | When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it . |
12 | Camilla : I vow to give him up |
13 | Would I need to give you a lift home do you think ? |
14 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
15 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
16 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
17 | Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art . |
18 | ‘ I tried to give you time , ’ he groaned into her hair , then , with a moan of desire to match her own , she felt him return to her , and then all the rest was heaven . |
19 | As I am fully conscious of the importance of preserving national unity , I propose to give your Government complete support in the vigorous prosecution of the War ; but unity without action is nothing but futile carnage , and I can not be responsible for that . |
20 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
21 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
22 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
23 | All I know is that I want to give everything I have for England again . ’ |
24 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
25 | If people want to kill themselves , that 's their affair , but when they come here I want to give them food which will do them food rather than harm . |
26 | I want to give them back their life . ’ |
27 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
28 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
29 | You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her . |
30 | I 'm not going to let her beat me and yet I want to give something really splendid . |