Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 2 | Or I might give the job to someone else . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Shut up , Diana , or I 'll give you a backhander . ’ |
| 4 | Phil — ‘ Watch it , son , or I 'll give you a snog ! ’ |
| 5 | Stop sniggering , Reg , or I 'll give you a smack in the mouth . ’ |
| 6 | But like , Scott was going to me he was going to me , oh stop complaining or I 'll give you one your tit , like and I goes well I would n't mind so much if it was on my , I wear a bra all the time |
| 7 | ‘ I shall kill you , ’ Jotan said , ‘ or I shall give my sword to this gentleman whom you were hired to kill , and he will do it . ’ |
| 8 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 9 | Er I can put it in , in a bottle or I can give you tablets . |
| 10 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
| 11 | Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . |
| 12 | He suggested that I might give a dinner to the leading newspaper editors and proprietors , when he could make some statement calculated to neutralise some of the undoubted venom that was then directed at him . |
| 13 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 14 | If I knew how to make copies of myself , I 'm not sure that I would give the project high priority in competition with all the other things I want to do : why should I ? |
| 15 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 16 | If you come up with that sort of material , then the American and English newspapers will publish an interview that I 'll give them ’ . |
| 17 | And I 've got a little chart that I 'll give you to do that on . |
| 18 | Er what we 'll do is that I 'll give you another eight of these , now if they 're a lot better just s give a ring in |
| 19 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 20 | Of course not all teachers will recognize themselves , and probably no one person 's experience will match point for point with the sketch that I shall give . |
| 21 | On the other hand , if you report all to me it may be that I shall give you money . |
| 22 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 23 | No , I have said that I will give way to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside . |
| 24 | And he uses a picture , he says , look , you 're gon na come and you 're , you 're drawing this water and you 're gon na come back tomorrow and get some more , and the next day you 'll come with your jugs and have some more water , and that 's the story of your life , coming back again , and again , and again but the , the water that I will give you , that wo n't be an external source outside of you , that 's gon na be within you ! |
| 25 | I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea . |
| 26 | Now , I want the best for you , the best that I can give you , because in a way you belong to me now , and Ben there . ’ |
| 27 | Now about getting physical activity , I , I ca n't say that I can give your a er er a foolproof method because it will depend upon you . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
| 29 | The only guarantee that I can give is that there will not be a Tory Government after the 1992 election . |
| 30 | The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public . |