Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're my favourites , so I sha n't give them up . |
| 2 | Yeah , but he 's not in today so I ca n't give it to him . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 4 | He was much taller than her , and those broad shoulders could weather a much harder pounding than she could ever give him . |
| 5 | ‘ It said she hated having to give you up , she 'd hoped to keep you , but this way you 'd have more than she could ever give you , and she knew you 'd be loved , even as much as she loved you . |
| 6 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 7 | He 'd never had affection so he could n't give it . |
| 8 | For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
| 10 | Erm when you see erm Alan John erm if you see them over the next day or two if I can just give you this er these , these little leaflets |
| 11 | Regeneration 's still a major problem in Leeds , if I could just give you some some rough and ready figures chairman . |
| 12 | Okay if I could just give you a brief , a small diagram , okay |
| 13 | ‘ Now , if you would just give me room . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So if you 'll just give me a signature on this … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If you 'll just give me a chance , I 'll explain what I was doing . |
| 16 | He said if there 's one thing I always carry quite close to my heart and if you 'll just give me a minute I 'll take out . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't do anything with the matter if you wo n't give me the details . |
| 18 | ‘ If you wo n't give me details , I do n't see how I 'm supposed to help . ’ |
| 19 | There was the public humiliation of being dropped from the side ; the autocratic style of managers , who were themselves as afraid and insecure as their players ; the refusal to let good players use their natural talent to play , forcing them through repetitive training ‘ systems ’ and naïve ‘ game plans ’ ; the petty jealousies of the players , their hierarchies , and childish pranks ; the fear of the new signing , who has to be included at the expense of an old friend ; the view of a match from ‘ the inside ’ when you know a team-mate does not want the ball but wants it to look as if you will not give it to him . |
| 20 | Right I 'll have to check back against all the figures , if you can just give me a moment . |
| 21 | Drink plenty of water ( bottled or filtered ) , herb teas , diluted fruit juices , and only one or two cups of ordinary tea or coffee a day if you can not give it up altogether . |
| 22 | If you could just give me those descriptions again to refresh my memory ? ’ |
| 23 | I wonder if you could possibly give me the address of the ‘ Dogs for the Disabled ’ charity , as I would like to send a donation but do n't know where to send it . |
| 24 | If we ca n't give them what they want , a cash offer might have its uses . |
| 25 | I do n't know if anybody would ever give me work or if I 'd find time to do it . |
| 26 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 27 | If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that ! |
| 28 | So he say they 'll give it to you back so that 's what they done they give me me money back , cos they 'd already give him back his , you see . |
| 29 | It would be an enormous relief — and if you 're waiting for me to struggle , demand you release me , you can wait till hell freezes over , Feargal McMahon , because I would n't give you the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 30 | sense in which it 's in their interest not to breach this because you wo n't give them the material they need |