Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb base] to give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 2 | And that I refuse to give them . ’ |
| 3 | Based on that I have to give it to Mel cos he could also bend the ball around the wall to score — I never saw Lorimer do that ( he did nt have to ! ) . |
| 4 | Not that I plan to give you time to forget . ’ |
| 5 | Do you want me to , have you got everything that you need to give me ? |
| 6 | Politicians do n't have time to read screeds , so you have to give them short , pithy things to look at , We were doing all this anyway , of course , but the chaps at Barton , including Andy , are working on it much more effectively since we were able to say definitely that the DTI civil servants were agin them . |
| 7 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 8 | But it is not against original over-used phrases that we wish to give you the |
| 9 | Er the goods that what , not goods that we want to give them like junk food and ludicrous fashions , to find out what it is that they want this of equipment and no , and do n't forget the know-how , I mean we are , we have a hell of a Know-how in this country which is not being used . |
| 10 | Sounds an exciting trip , really fabulous trip , and it will mean of course , seeing you will be li live on air , that we have to give you a little audition , so the finalists , have to be prepared to do an audition with me , live on air , just before Christmas . |
| 11 | Erm , I note that for ninety-five , ninety-six , that they intend to give us two per cent rise . |
| 12 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 13 | I promised the money to the Church and I want to give it . |
| 14 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 15 | Cos I have to give it back |
| 16 | If you wish to give it , age , sex , occupation , that sort of thing . |
| 17 | If you agree to give us £1,200 a year , the ACTUAL cost to your is only £960 . |
| 18 | I 'll give her a dose now , a small dose , and if you have to give her some tonight make sure it 's a very small amount . ’ |
| 19 | There is a girl that collects money if you want to give her it . |
| 20 | ‘ If you want to give me a ‘ producer ’ , ’ I went on , ‘ then give me one . |
| 21 | People are joining us all the time , so I 'm very briefly er just in a word or two , going to go over the subjects , and then if you want to give me a ring , please do so . |
| 22 | If you want to give us a donation that 's entirely welcome . |
| 23 | If you refuse to give them up , your daughter will be killed . ’ |
| 24 | But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time . |
| 25 | ‘ We need two points and if we refuse to give them time on the ball then I do n't see why not . |
| 26 | And he use to give us a couple of quid each . |
| 27 | But I want to give you my professional opinion — ’ He broke off testily , then added , ‘ Sure , yes . |
| 28 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 29 | £ But I think to give us perhaps a more vivid idea of what it must have been like for ordinary people , these are 3 houses in St Aldate 's that do n't exist any more , they 're down more-or-less where the police station is , erm and we do know exactly who lived there , and who was actually there during the war . |
| 30 | Sub-text : ‘ I have the power to predict , to warn you , to threaten you , to criticise you , but I choose to give you this message in a very subtle way . |