Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strathclyde 's chairman of highways and transport , Malcolm Waugh , has said he will give no blank cheque to ScotRail 's future owners unless he gets assurances that the role of the council is written into franchising arrangements . |
| 2 | If you want to resign you should give your line manager at least one month 's written notice . |
| 3 | Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract . |
| 4 | The fish made several deep dives and I began to wonder who would give up first , me or the cod . |
| 5 | I 'm beginning to think we must give a very chilly welcome to visitors here . |
| 6 | I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry . |
| 7 | Those who provide public services will have to prove they can give the right quality at the right cost . |
| 8 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 9 | Yeah I know , it does n't mean to say he 'll give you a lift back to your house ! |
| 10 | I do hope you will give this opportunity serious consideration . |
| 11 | I do hope you will give this opportunity serious consideration . |
| 12 | After all , ’ she said with mockery in her voice , ‘ you did say you 'd give Una her dowry when she got married . ’ |
| 13 | As she talked Eva revealed it was not just that she was coming back to God , but that she had realised she must give her whole self to him for the ministry . |
| 14 | He had said he would give up freelancing and get a regular job on a trade magazine or something . |
| 15 | They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy . |
| 16 | But she also knew that if Jake and Janice could offer the happy home that Jake had promised she would give up her own claim in an instant . |
| 17 | You 've got I 'll give you twenty minutes and it 's got ta be ready to be handed over to the other group in twenty minutes time . |
| 18 | I may not have a lot to give but what I 've got I 'll give to you |
| 19 | She had thought she 'd give Maura 's long blonde hair a few good tugs , a scratch or two on her face , and then home to tea , basking in the other girls ' admiration . |
| 20 | In trying to negotiate we must give considerable credence to the particular problem of the most difficult areas . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've stopped because I had hoped you 'd give me an explanation . ’ |
| 22 | I could n't go on living in a place where I was no use , ’ she spoke with the quietness and desperate authority of someone who had discovered they could give up no more ground and live . |
| 23 | I have to promise I 'll give it her back . |
| 24 | Well just when the land 's redistributed they would give their own families disproportionately more land . |
| 25 | The starting point is your recorded time and if this has been exaggerated and the defendants refuse to pay it will give the appearance that you are under-settling your costs . |