Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’
2 I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk .
3 I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics .
4 " I came here to give her a present .
5 I think about it a hell of a lot you know , not with morbid fascination but because everything that I went through gave me an inner strength and I am frightened to lose it .
6 And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand .
7 I do n't give them a welcoming smile .
8 ‘ Tell me , my young friend , ’ he went on , ‘ those orders you have to shoot me — if I do n't give you the money you want — who gave you such orders ? ’
9 , I think perhaps give them the , the shorter years .
10 Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do .
11 ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock .
12 You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’
13 If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’
14 A month ago I did n't give him a dog 's chance , but a funny thing seems to have happened on the way to X-ray . ’
15 I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’
16 We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved .
17 I did n't give them a second glance .
18 So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each .
19 I did n't give her a choice .
20 Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’
21 And I did n't give it a moment 's real consideration .
22 You 'll love that Caroline , I did n't give it a thought I 'm sorry ?
23 ‘ And I did n't give you the chance to put things straight , ’ she murmured .
24 I did n't give anybody a chance to hate me .
25 Anyway then I said are they interested in this quiz night , and she says I have n't go she says she 'd ask Jan , I said well give me a ring back a bit later .
26 I said just give me the file on it .
27 Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the
28 ‘ I may as well confess , I had n't given it a single thought . ’
29 ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . )
30 Now I 've not given you a lot of chance to speak because you said you do n't want to go and to , but I want
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