Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 2 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |
| 3 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 4 | All I know is that I want to give everything I have for England again . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | And that I refuse to give them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ! ) . |
| 10 | Not that I plan to give you time to forget . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's definitely an experience and I try to give myself to the moment and make the most of it . |
| 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 | You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you . |
| 15 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 16 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 17 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 18 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 19 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 22 | Cos I have to give it back |
| 23 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 24 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But I want to give you my professional opinion — ’ He broke off testily , then added , ‘ Sure , yes . |
| 27 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 28 | £ 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Because I want to give you time to clear up |