Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I know is that I want to give everything I have for England again . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | And that I refuse to give them . ’ |
| 5 | 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 ! ) . |
| 6 | Not that I plan to give you time to forget . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's definitely an experience and I try to give myself to the moment and make the most of it . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | I promised the money to the Church and I want to give it . |
| 10 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 11 | Cos I have to give it back |
| 12 | But I want to give you my professional opinion — ’ He broke off testily , then added , ‘ Sure , yes . |
| 13 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 14 | £ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Because I want to give you time to clear up |
| 17 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | and there was one week that Pat came , because I used to get the meat off of the van by the gate then , and I do n't know what it was this week , but I bought the meat ready minced and when I come to give it to you , I knew there 'd be complaints , I do n't know what we were having |