Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 2 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
| 3 | That is what membership of the moral and political community is , and it is a serious business which deserves more attention than I can give here . |
| 4 | As I said in answer to the main question , in the announcement that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I will make in February , we shall be able to give a fuller answer than I can give now . |
| 5 | Thorfinn said , ‘ It deserves better than I can give it . |
| 6 | ‘ This wo n't give you any pleasure , Alexandra , so I shall give some to myself . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've to go to the bank , ’ he heard Mister Tom say , ‘ so I 'll give you a deposit , like . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I can see you 're having trouble talking at present , so I 'll give you a lead . |
| 9 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
| 10 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 11 | ‘ I owe him my life so I must give him my life . |
| 12 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 13 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 14 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 15 | I I 'm grateful Mr Deputy Speaker and I I will certainly er stay in order but the British electorate coming up to June the ninth and the European er elections will not know even if we pass these particular proposals tonight er in which constituencies they will be voting and if I may give an illustration as the honourable member for Truro did er er as far as his European constituency is concerned er the European constituency of Derbyshire Ashfield will d be divided into three different directions as the result of this particular order in council if we pass it tonight . |
| 16 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 17 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 18 | ‘ If I can give my fans enjoyment in some small way , that really makes what I do worthwhile . |
| 19 | ‘ If I can give my fans enjoyment in some small way , that really makes what I do worthwhile . ’ |
| 20 | We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening . |
| 21 | Er I do n't know if I can give xylophone cat , it 's a good erm |
| 22 | I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon . |
| 23 | If I can give them to him , then perhaps he will leave you out of all this . |
| 24 | ‘ If I can give a player an extra metre it 's the difference between winning a ball and losing it . ’ |
| 25 | if I can give him that one . |
| 26 | It 's worthwhile it 's not just erm like , I do n't know if I can give you an example erm |
| 27 | Right if I can give Ken those to give out . |
| 28 | Right , so if I can give each of you one of these because that 's what I want to use these |
| 29 | Now what I 'm going to hand out to you in various packages er , on the diary , is you 're getting a two page per day diary , erm , and I will go through all of these things in detail , it just helps if I can give you an overview . |
| 30 | If I can give you an example . |