Example sentences of "[pron] could give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
2 | I could give her all the facts and figures . |
3 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
4 | Or instead of washing them away down my mythical hillside , I could give them a decent burial in a sod of cancer graveyard , perhaps with a little cross over it . |
5 | If only there was a piano , I could give them " Rock of Ages ' when the time comes , he said to himself . |
6 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
7 | But when Jem was born , there was no reason I could give him why not . |
8 | I wish I could give him a post , but I could not pass Lord Bute 's son with decency ’ . |
9 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |
10 | I could give him a message . |
11 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
12 | I could give him that every night . |
13 | On the other hand , if I was on a picket line or somewhere , I could give him a pretty hard old shove without pulled in , I would imagine . |
14 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
15 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
16 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
17 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
18 | Whereas before , when I was working , I could give it to them . |
19 | ‘ I could give it to another paper instead , could n't I ? ’ |
20 | I could give it up and go to Belfast . |
21 | ‘ I see now why you said I could give it back to you when the time was right . ’ |
22 | I could give it to her if I 'd had it . |
23 | And I thought , if I got that I could give it to Irene and could go wedding . |
24 | ‘ I could give you a call next Friday . |
25 | I could give you a blow-by-blow account of how England lost to Portugal the other night . |
26 | ‘ If you came over I could give you all the assignments . ’ |
27 | I could give you names . |
28 | ‘ I wish I could give you that , ’ he said . |
29 | The first thing was to find a school for you three — for six months you had had no teaching , except what I could give you , and then kind Miss Budden , the headmistress at Auckland House school , Simla , said she could take you if I could come too and help her nurse about twenty children down with measles in the san. , because Matron was coping with some children with suspected diphtheria in another block . |
30 | I wish I could give you all that 's best , |