Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ?
2 PAMELA : Sir , I am so well satisfied with Mr. Belville 's affection for me and his well-known honour that I can not think myself obliged to any gentleman who should endeavour to give me a less opinion of either .
3 he did n't , he give me it on Wednesday night and I should 've give her it yesterday morning but she did n't get it till last night .
4 I must choose to give it all back to you and to feel the happy liberation of unpossessiveness .
5 They really should give give you a magazine article itself about the Tay Bridge .
6 The departure from her old home and her arrival in her new one will be a tremendous double adjustment for her to make , so you should try to give it a sense of occasion .
7 In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose .
8 This should have given them several useful advantages , including the right to trial by jury .
9 Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game .
10 Evidence at the coroner 's court should have given him little confidence in the outcome , but events took an upward turn when Marion Lindo stepped into the witness box .
11 Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant .
12 I wondered if we should have given him something for his information , but he seemed too dignified .
13 ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival .
14 ‘ You should have given him your London address . ’
15 ‘ You should have given him his present , ’ Nick said .
16 Well maybe I should have given him two weeks instead of one , but , anyway .
17 The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all .
18 ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar .
19 But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine .
20 We should have given her a call . ’
21 She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship .
22 When he asked a police colonel who came to the scene why the elderly couple 's flat had been blown up , the officer replied : ‘ You should have given us your correct address , Comrade Ardzinov . ’
23 should have given us the nudge .
24 Should have given us the money , money .
25 ‘ I 'll let it go this time Gatesey , but one of these days I shall have to give you what I should have given you when we were kids . ’
26 At the end of your interview the interviewer should have given you a fairly accurate idea of the date by which a decision should be made .
27 This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body .
28 ‘ I should have given you more time , ’ Mr O'Hara continued .
29 Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’
30 Your check list should have given you some words , but maybe not in different positions , so you may need to ask your language helper for some more words .
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