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 .
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