Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
2 | ‘ Shut up , Diana , or I 'll give you a backhander . ’ |
3 | Phil — ‘ Watch it , son , or I 'll give you a snog ! ’ |
4 | Stop sniggering , Reg , or I 'll give you a smack in the mouth . ’ |
5 | But like , Scott was going to me he was going to me , oh stop complaining or I 'll give you one your tit , like and I goes well I would n't mind so much if it was on my , I wear a bra all the time |
6 | ‘ I shall kill you , ’ Jotan said , ‘ or I shall give my sword to this gentleman whom you were hired to kill , and he will do it . ’ |
7 | Er I can put it in , in a bottle or I can give you tablets . |
8 | Well exactly , yes , she can give you a ring erm or I could give you a ring for that matter erm . |
9 | I could put it into Event , or I could give it to you for Time Out … |
10 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
11 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
12 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
13 | If you come up with that sort of material , then the American and English newspapers will publish an interview that I 'll give them ’ . |
14 | And I 've got a little chart that I 'll give you to do that on . |
15 | Er what we 'll do is that I 'll give you another eight of these , now if they 're a lot better just s give a ring in |
16 | On the other hand , if you report all to me it may be that I shall give you money . |
17 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
18 | And he uses a picture , he says , look , you 're gon na come and you 're , you 're drawing this water and you 're gon na come back tomorrow and get some more , and the next day you 'll come with your jugs and have some more water , and that 's the story of your life , coming back again , and again , and again but the , the water that I will give you , that wo n't be an external source outside of you , that 's gon na be within you ! |
19 | The best answer that I can give him is that the fact that Mr. Thorpe had available to him the escape route of appealing to a health authority elsewhere in the country meant that the process was not carried to its conclusion in north Devon . |
20 | Now about getting physical activity , I , I ca n't say that I can give your a er er a foolproof method because it will depend upon you . |
21 | Now , I want the best for you , the best that I can give you , because in a way you belong to me now , and Ben there . ’ |
22 | ‘ Oh , you were always a fool , Neil , always — a fool to think that I would be content to live on nothing with a younger son and a fool to reject me now that I can give you the life which you ought to be living . ’ |
23 | When I said to you earlier erm there 's several ways in which you can help me now the main way you can help me is erm is er the way I do , the way I prefer to do business is by personal recommendations and you 've seen the service that I can give you , you 've seen , we 've been through your , your personal situation , your financial situation , have you found that of benefit ? |
24 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
25 | That I was n't in love with Nicola — which was true — and that I 'd give her up . ’ |
26 | Erm , first of all I did promise to you that I 'd give you some idea of the sort of material would be on next week 's erm multiple guess questions , okay ? |
27 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
28 | Thorfinn said , ‘ It deserves better than I can give it . |
29 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
30 | ‘ I 've to go to the bank , ’ he heard Mister Tom say , ‘ so I 'll give you a deposit , like . ’ |