Example sentences of "[conj] [that] [pron] [vb mod] give " in BNC.

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1 We think we know what the teachers need and that we can give it to them .
2 Since most women did marry , most teenage girls assumed that they would do so and that they would give up work then .
3 At the conclusion of the hearing of this petition for special leave to appeal their Lordships announced that they would humbly advise Her Majesty that the petitioner ought to be granted special leave to appeal and that they would give their reasons later .
4 That I was n't in love with Nicola — which was true — and that I 'd give her up . ’
5 The government said that it would consider lifting the state of emergency still in force in Natal , and that it would give immediate consideration to repealing the Internal Security Act .
6 The effect on listed adjoining properties , Donithorn , Riley House and er , the other one , the name escapes me at the moment , erm , and that it will give insufficient curbage to Riley House when er , whatever development takes place there .
7 He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour .
8 He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures .
9 It was arranged that Bill would do the initial flight in early February and that he would give Dick Hansen his ground schooling for the aircraft .
10 ‘ He also said he was going to try and get a bicycle , and that he would give us a ride on the handlebars . ’
11 As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him .
12 May I suggest that he apologises in a broadcast from No. 10 Downing street , which I understand he occupies temporarily , and that he should give some thought —
13 So it was a great disappointment to discover that she was quite unlike all the other home-bred horses , and that she would give nothing in return to those who cared for her and bestowed affection upon her .
14 They gave themselves to each other naturally , confident that she would take and hold as he would thrust and that she would give to let him thrust again — long and deep , longer and deeper , longer and deeper still — till both their hearts were thudding and each was lost in the act .
15 Joan too had heard the current gossip and had lain awake for much of the previous night , persuading herself it was a fabrication and that she must give no heed to wagging tongues .
16 ‘ He said he was poor , but that he would give all his money to bring us together .
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