Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] must give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I owe him my life so I must give him my life . |
| 3 | Joan too had heard the current gossip and had lain awake for much of the previous night , persuading herself it was a fabrication and that she must give no heed to wagging tongues . |
| 4 | Already exhausted from her night 's activities , she was also acutely aware that she must give no sign of tiredness for fear of arousing suspicion . |
| 5 | In his frustration and anger , he had told her that she must give herself as well before he would take them . |
| 6 | Many dictate that you must give up your smelly , messy , untrained child-eater ( their opinion , not ours ) before you may be considered lucky enough to be offered lodgings . |
| 7 | The minimum notice that you must give your employer is one week , regardless of your length of service . |
| 8 | Other people may keep talking at you as a means of reinforcing their relationship to you : ‘ I matter to you , so you must give me plenty of airtime . ’ |
| 9 | One of the most important messages that we must give to everyone in our country is that we have in place proper , fair and effective policies to deal with the unprecedented flow of asylum seekers . |
| 10 | Animals again can easily be accommodated at this level but it will not follow from this that they will be capable of the conscious distress or anxiety of a parent at an injury to their child , or of the hamstrung athlete warned by the doctor that they must give up running . |
| 11 | By May 1915 Unionist leaders were convinced that they must give up some independence if they were to influence the war ; the liquor issue seemed to show the danger of staying aloof , and the shell scandal seemed to show that they were needed inside . |
| 12 | Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ? |
| 13 | Jaq knew that he must give chase ; he was virtually being challenged to do so . |
| 14 | But seeing the pleading in her eyes and aware that she was on the very brink of womanhood , he knew that he must give her her head and allow her to marry if that was what she wanted . |
| 15 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 16 | And I must give them quittance . |
| 17 | ‘ Yet today , if I must give reasons for the love-affair we all shared with Nigel , it is not difficult . |
| 18 | If you must give us presents , make sure they 're safe and sensible , and designed for pets . |
| 19 | If he is writing down his ideas and expressing his experiences this is a lot and we must give him his due and his head . |
| 20 | Most important of all , the cultural prohibitions on his genital urge are now fully enforced and he must give up the freedom of infantile sexual gratification for the responsibilities of adult life ; in short , he must obey the taboos against incest embodied in the elaborate kinship systems of the Australian aborigines and observe those against parricide enshrined in the totemic religion . |
| 21 | Police say it 's possible the man is responsible for two sex attacks and he must give himself up . |
| 22 | ‘ She will , my dear , I promise , but you must give her a chance . |
| 23 | But you must give me leave to confide in the prince , and I make the same promise for him . |
| 24 | The day comes in the life of every single man living alone when he must give a dinner party , however unpretentious , and that day had now arrived for Rupert Stonebird . |