Example sentences of "[adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , she realised , she did n't much give a damn . |
| 2 | ( Mutengene is a harder word than Sasse so I had better give you the pronunciation : Moo-teng-genay . ) |
| 3 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps you 'd better give him a pop over hurdles tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | If it 's not the best skate mag on the shelf then we had better give up and take up flower pressing . |
| 6 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 7 | I thought : here is a new fashion trend , and Linford , if you want to be in the swing , you had better give some thought to it . |
| 8 | ‘ Listen , Kelly , I know you 're still upset about your father 's death , but if you want to play detective , you 'd better give up riding and join the police . |
| 9 | Better give exotic Eastern eating a miss , if you are aiming at shedding weight fast . |
| 10 | If you 're ticklish on the feet , perhaps you 'd better give reflexology a miss , but if you love a little footsie , read on . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'd better give the lads an 'and , ’ he said , nudging Freddie . |
| 12 | So we 'd better give some away . |
| 13 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 14 | So I 'll leave that for you to play with and erm I better give your mum a shout because I should have gone by now . |
| 15 | Adam turned his attention to Miranda 's other tender places and casually added , ‘ Perhaps you 'd better give Annabel a call , to reassure her that you 're keeping a watchful eye on the accounts . |
| 16 | So better give her mother time to cool down and not stoke her anger further by trying to defend Molly . |
| 17 | And as I say , the middle one had a sling on his arm , so , as I was opening the outside door one of them says , well if you 've not got cigarettes , you better give me a tenner or I 'll thump you ! |
| 18 | You see i well you , you better give me ten pound or I 'll thump you ! |
| 19 | Now in that one , erm one , this is the easiest one , I thought , Well , better give you some easier ones so you can work into that . |
| 20 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 21 | Look , sir , you 'd better give me your passport . ’ |
| 22 | You had better give me a few days . |
| 23 | " You better give me a scotch . " |
| 24 | It was on Thursday afternoon , as she was passing Vass 's office , that Lisa struck her head round the door and reminded him , ‘ You 'd better give me directions to your house . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 26 | Now anybody who er who would like to see more sex on television , better give us a ring now I suppose O nine O four six four six four one if you er if you think the er Buddha of Suburbia which is erm has really upset Mary quite considerably . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 28 | But you 'd better give me your number just in case . ’ |
| 29 | Actually — ’ she frowned at her watch as she followed the other girl to the door ‘ — I definitely think I 'd better give the coffee a miss . |
| 30 | If you want our marriage to have any chance of success you 'd better give her the sack first thing on Monday morning ! ’ |