Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb infin] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to give him everything he wants , but I must . |
| 2 | I want to help those in adverse circumstances , but I do not want to give it all back . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , my dear Laura , that , since you are married to me — and I do not intend to give you a divorce — any question of your remarriage to anyone else simply does n't arise ! ’ |
| 4 | Eric is obviously a good player , but I am in the job and I do n't intend to give it up without a fight . ’ |
| 5 | At the moment he 's under control , but I do n't want to give him time to try going over my head . ’ |
| 6 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 7 | I do n't want to give you anything that 's gon na knock you silly or |
| 8 | Now , I do n't want to give you a boring lesson about the markets of the day , suffice to say that in 1520 hard cash was rare , most of it being tied up in fields , lands and houses , so it was natural for people like Ralemberg to tout for business . |
| 9 | I do n't want to give you the impression it 's buoyant there , it is n't . |
| 10 | Well I do n't , I do n't have to give him a key as long as I let him in , you do n't have to have a key , but he can arrange , he can arrange for me to be there |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't have to give your assistant ideas — she has enough of her own . |
| 12 | I am a Treasurer who likes to keep hold of the money , I like to receive it , I do n't like to give it out . |
| 13 | Erm he 's just come down with this rotten old cough and cold again and I was going to take him to the doctor 's but then they do n't like it giving them anything and I do n't like giving him anything so |
| 14 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 15 | Yeah I mean it 's gone on long enough I mean I do n't mind giving her a couple of weeks or something |
| 16 | I do n't mind giving her money . |
| 17 | You need a sharp lesson , my lad , and I do n't mind giving it . |
| 18 | This winter I did not start giving them any extra feed until the second week of December . |
| 19 | I knew I did n't want to give them up . |
| 20 | D I did n't want to give him a false impression . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe because I did n't want to give you any more reason to lord it over me . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't mean to give you a fright like that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Sorry , I did n't mean to give you a fright . |
| 24 | I did n't mind giving her money , but I remember I was ridiculously annoyed at the thought of the way she would put it . |