Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |
| 2 | Dr Ottokar Proctor , head of the presidential think-tank , and widely believed to be the architect of the Big Bonus , was unavailable for comment , although he is scheduled to make an appearance at a film festival in Tampa , Florida , where he will give a lecture on the Sisyphean influence of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner on contemporary American culture . |
| 3 | Lloyd George made a stand on the issue of a plebiscite for Upper Silesia , saying that he would no more give the place to the Poles than he would give a clock to a monkey . |
| 4 | Basically , the plot was to get me to bribe Murrin so he would give evidence helpful to me in my libel case against the Sunday Times . |
| 5 | The sharing of the collector 's salary was really what appears to have been in the thoughts of Craigbarnet and his friends , for Dougalston too returned to this point in his letter to Montrose 's commissioner , telling him that Craigbarnet 's friends had given him to understand that they would support Kirkton 's re-election , ‘ with the same sellary that he now has if he would give Craigbarnett fifteen or twentie pound sterling yearly out of it ’ . |
| 6 | Should she tell him yes , he had made her pregnant , and see if he would give her a guinea or two to put it right ? |
| 7 | ‘ But a few weeks later I rang Eddie 's house to see if he would give me a lift to work and Paula answered the phone . ’ |
| 8 | 'Cos I says to her one day , well why do n't you ask yer , your relation , if he 'll er , if he 'll give yer a job . |
| 9 | I asked Derek if he 'll give me a reference said yeah . |
| 10 | I wonder if he 'll give me this . |
| 11 | Why did n't you say you 'd be his fucking shadow if he 'd give you tenure ? ’ |
| 12 | If he 'd give me time I might find a proper answer . |
| 13 | Dolly tried to say it would be nice if he 'd give her the chance to tell him what she liked , but he was away again . |
| 14 | ‘ If he 'd give a free-kick to us the Blackburn crowd would n't have complained . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman is concerned about the placement of this convicted person in a nearby hostel , so if he will give me the details of the case I shall have it investigated by Her Majesty 's inspectorate of probation . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the total estimated annual operating costs of Trident for the first five years of operation . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the amounts allocated to encourage improvements in energy efficiency among industrial and domestic electricity and gas customers in 1991-92 . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the figures for steel production in the United Kingdom for the last two years for which figures are available . |
| 19 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the rates of VAT since the beginning of 1979 ; and the dates of each change . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the programme of aid and assistance for the former Soviet Union . |
| 21 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the total of manufacturing investment in 1990 and 1991 and the percentage fall ( a ) in cash terms and ( b ) in real terms . |
| 22 | Even eighteen months ago he said that he doubted if he could give enough time and energy to securing a World Cup place . |
| 23 | If he could give up smoking the Army in Sri Lanka would benefit by another one hundred and thirty dollars a month . |
| 24 | It explained his interest in Heather 's disappearance as well as his offer of money to Harry if he could give him a story . |
| 25 | I understand that the changes are fairly limited , and I should be grateful if he could give me any further information . |
| 26 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 27 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |
| 28 | So er it was decided that he it would be one man because he would give a hand . |
| 29 | I always knew how much he earned , because he used to give me his pay note and I 'd to go down and collect it . |
| 30 | As John Major contemplates on the way to Washington whether he should give support to the US plan , he should bear the following in mind . |