Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 2 | And then , just as if in answer to her private thought , the pilot went on : ‘ I 'd like to kiss each one of you before I go , but as I ca n't very well do that I 'll give your Brown Owl a big thank-you kiss for you all ! ’ |
| 3 | right one for that I 'll give you two for his actor 's name |
| 4 | And I thought , if I got that I could give it to Irene and could go wedding . |
| 5 | Vic Furlong : ‘ He was always a bit of a dreamer in that I 'd give him a job to do , come back in about an hour and he was still chatting , the job unfinished , so he had to go . |
| 6 | " J'ai été très heureux d'avoir été compris par une si aimable Anglaise " , he said , and ended " if you were French I should give you a kiss . |
| 7 | I tell you what I tell you what , seeing as I 'm generous I 'll give you the chance of getting |
| 8 | Quite interesting I could give you a much gr a greater variety of ways up and down stairs than probably anybody . |
| 9 | ‘ Are n't you afraid I 'll give you away to someone ? ’ she taunted . |
| 10 | Afraid she might give in quickly and completely if she stayed here any longer , she made a dash for the door . |
| 11 | With projects that are more than ten years old you should give a lot of thought to the problems involved , and then decide to build something from the current issue of Everyday Electronics instead ! |
| 12 | All , all of these companies to them and said if you endorse this we 'll give you . |
| 13 | It is fairly unpredictable at the start of any new diet whether this one will give success . |
| 14 | Can this be because London Transport was afraid it might give passengers ideas ? |
| 15 | It is to be hoped that in the course of time the word ‘ fear ’ used in the context of the foregoing will be abandoned in favour of the word ‘ foreboding ’ , for the conscience , once properly developed should give warning rather than frighten , and therefore enable the individual to avoid that which could give rise to real fear . |
| 16 | In warm I might give my hair a wash . |
| 17 | How much I can give you |
| 18 | Is there anybody who is going to Old Trafford on Jan 1st who could give me a lift from the Leeds region ? ? |
| 19 | Stuart had fumbled nervously in his pockets , wondering how much he should give , just change , surely . |
| 20 | ‘ You mean that when we divorce after as short a time as possible you 'll give me a lump sum ? ’ she enquired , her voice frigid . |
| 21 | it 's it 's strange you can give that as an address . |
| 22 | Erm Dr Julia is going to be on sabbatical leave next term and would therefore like to give her lectures on Mill and utilitarianism erm this term so next week you will have Julia on Rousseau and immediately after that she 'll give her lectures on utilitarianism and Mill and I will then come after that and deal with socialism and Marx and all that really sexy stuff . |
| 23 | You can give her what she wants as long as she puts it down on the as long it 's over fifty you can give her what you want . |
| 24 | So if that 's that 's approved I 'll give that a tick and so we can bring it up again later . |
| 25 | That 's fine I 'll give it you back I wo n't er I wo n't take it away from you ! |
| 26 | Take the smaller from the larger which will give you ? |
| 27 | Okay we 'll give it until the end of January then . |
| 28 | I says I want to listen to it , you know , I said I 've heard it with C D going through it with about four sets of speakers , but I want to listen to it through eight sets of speakers with cassette , a cassette that I like to make sure , to my type , he says I guarantee you now you will like it , he says you will like he says , he says we do a ten day er return thing , he says you buy something , he says you bring it back within ten days undamaged we 'll give you money back if you do n't like the quality of the sound , for whatever reason we 'll give you your money back . |
| 29 | So they 'd say erm write down the I mean if you 're lucky they 'll give perh perhaps on some questions they 'll give it to you and on others they 'll say write it down . |
| 30 | If it 's cold they 'll give you a fire . |