Example sentences of "you give " in BNC.
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| 1 | And £400 of tax can be saved for every £1,000 that you give . |
| 2 | You give yourself away when you kiss like that . |
| 3 | ‘ The image you give ’ , Fraser tells Ilse , meaning the image she gives of himself as a boy , ‘ is one of dependency , extreme docility . |
| 4 | If I were told to-morrow , ‘ You can have a united Ireland if you give up your idea of restoring the national language to be the spoken language of the majority of the people ’ , I would , for myself , say no . |
| 5 | The rest is determined by decor , the welcome you give and the atmosphere . |
| 6 | You complain about your friends never coming to see you , but when they do come , you give them such a hard time it 's hardly surprising they stay away . |
| 7 | If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again . |
| 8 | So if you are a smoker , it 's very important you give up , at least while you are pregnant , and preferably for good . |
| 9 | It is very important not to drink early in the pregnancy , but even if you give up drinking later it will give your baby a better chance . |
| 10 | ‘ You give me poetry , ’ said Jay . |
| 11 | You give me your breasts and hold me close . |
| 12 | This might happen if you give money away to members of your family or if you buy expensive items in order to reduce your savings . |
| 13 | There were the bank recruitment stands ( 'If you give us all your money , we will let you queue in our bank when we 're open , and outside when we 're not ! ' ) and the MI5 stall ( 'Ever thought about Intelligence ? |
| 14 | It does not help your cause much , either , if you give the ball away close to the opposition 's line four times in as many minutes . |
| 15 | Or : ‘ You give me all your lovin' And your turtle-dovin' . ’ |
| 16 | You describe it in your notes as hooliganism , and you give the example of our national pastime ( one with which I have never sympathised ! ) of watching football in large crowds . |
| 17 | It is a dull dictum , but true , that if you give the impression you care about what you do , then others are more likely to care about it too . |
| 18 | I wo n't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow . |
| 19 | You stand against everything I tell her , obstinately and in her hearing , you give me no support , but as soon as it 's convenient to you , you pack her off back downstairs . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If you give it away it comes back in its own good time , like that dreadful assembly hymn , you know … and ‘ you end up having more ’ . ’ |
| 21 | I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family . |
| 22 | Though if you give them enough notice they can do almost anything … |
| 23 | I would like to commend you for the support you give to rural artists and craftspeople , through your excellent articles — especially at a time when , due to cuts in grants , such people need all the help they can get . |
| 24 | But if you use your Deed of Covenant form every £1 you give becomes £1.33 — so your gift can work even harder . |
| 25 | The only conditions the Taxman lays down is that you give the same amount regularly for at least four years and that you are a UK taxpayer . |
| 26 | How every £6 you give can save a child 's life . |
| 27 | For every £1.00 you give , the children get £1.33 's worth or help . |
| 28 | If you pay the basic rate , every £1.00 you give is suddenly worth £1.33 . |
| 29 | You give |
| 30 | Quite apart from the fact that every £1.00 you give us by covenant is worth £1.33 your contributions mean we can rely on a regular income . |