Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] to give [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her .
2 ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up .
3 But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do .
4 But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot .
5 Before I attempt to give my own views on what is a complicated ( and locally controversial ) subject , perhaps a more general look at our sea-birds and their lifestyles would be appropriate .
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