Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | " 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 . |
| 2 | I tell you what I tell you what , seeing as I 'm generous I 'll give you the chance of getting |
| 3 | Quite interesting I could give you a much gr a greater variety of ways up and down stairs than probably anybody . |
| 4 | ‘ Are n't you afraid I 'll give you away to someone ? ’ she taunted . |
| 5 | Afraid she might give in quickly and completely if she stayed here any longer , she made a dash for the door . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | Can this be because London Transport was afraid it might give passengers ideas ? |
| 8 | In warm I might give my hair a wash . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | it 's it 's strange you can give that as an address . |
| 11 | So if that 's that 's approved I 'll give that a tick and so we can bring it up again later . |
| 12 | That 's fine I 'll give it you back I wo n't er I wo n't take it away from you ! |
| 13 | Okay we 'll give it until the end of January then . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If it 's cold they 'll give you a fire . |
| 17 | I was n't sure I 'd give it out . |
| 18 | I 'm not sure I should give out their phone number , but their address is : |
| 19 | But I 'm not sure I can give you the details . ’ |
| 20 | Once I have the back-up material , I 'm sure I can give you what you want … ’ |
| 21 | Elizabeth knew that I was unhappy , but she was sure she could give me happiness . |
| 22 | Entitled , maybe , but Lindsey was n't sure she could give an explanation . |
| 23 | Christian preachers attempted , without much success , to persuade their congregations to fast while inebriated pagans feasted and to give alms to the very poor who could give no present in return . ) |
| 24 | There 's a photograph of her , and I 'm quite sure we can give Joan to give to Vera one of those . |
| 25 | You do n't need guests , you do n't need freezing weather or any other excuse to put pudding on the menu — although it is true that a good pudding shared with like-minded Billy Bunters makes for a convivial party , and if the day dawns cold and frosty it may give an agreeable edge to appetites . |
| 26 | Eileen had been horrified , sure it would give them both their death of cold to let the fresh air in at night . |
| 27 | I am sure he will give you satisfactory answers . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah okay give me a call and er if he 's quite happy I 'll give him a call . |
| 29 | If it was a newish wheel and the joints between the felloes had a fair gap we 'd give her perhaps ⅞ of an inch ; if the joints were not very loose we 'd give her perhaps ½ an inch . |
| 30 | The an ex-directory number is available to lots of other people , erm you if you were ex-directory yourself would give your ex- directory number to friends , family , maybe work colleagues , maybe er er you might fill in forms , mailshots and you may put your phone number down on that , salesmen . |