Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
2 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
3 | ‘ I expect I 'll give it a miss , ’ said Hilary . |
4 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
5 | So he say they 'll give it to you back so that 's what they done they give me me money back , cos they 'd already give him back his , you see . |
6 | ‘ I hope ye 'll give it plenty of thought . ’ |
7 | We 'll be seeing the E F T A T colleagues on Thursday , I hope you 'll give them a very very warm welcome . |
8 | I hope you 'll give us the opportunity of getting to know you better , on some happier occasion . ’ |
9 | Now it 's not going to be easy for the girl , so I hope you will give her all the support you can . |
10 | Hope we can give you an opportunity . |
11 | When they lock the man up with Jim and John and Henry and Mary and Dolores and Grace — I hope they will give him access to books , with paper enough for him to go on making translations for us from the classics such as we have never seen except at his hands in our language . |
12 | ‘ Knowing does n't make it any easier for me , but I hope he can give her a reason for living . |
13 | ‘ Nothing , save I 'd give him a chance . |
14 | If you like I 'll give you the addresses of a few girlfriends . |
15 | it was ever so good because I gave him fi , the doctor said , you know I should give him you know , eat just before five o'clock and you go |
16 | I mean if you live in a posh area , er , the student 's going to take a pride in what he 's done , because you know you can give him it every day of his life , and he , he wants to do something , but he wants to do it himself . |
17 | But I , in my workings out , I 'd thought five hundred pounds was the you know you can give 'em a lot less than that , and not , not gon na fund much of an activity , I do n't think the silence was deafening . |
18 | And I know you will give us an excellent piece . ’ |
19 | ‘ And I know you could give me lots of good advice on how to make a success of it . |
20 | You never know we will give it a try . |
21 | ‘ What I plan to produce for ITV , and I know they 'll give me the scope , are quality , probing interviews . |
22 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
23 | But they also know they can give you at least a bit of a chance . ’ |
24 | And you always ask for information you know they can give you . |
25 | Look , you know they can give you brain diseases , do n't you . |
26 | the same rules , do n't just say to them well , I know they must give them they give |
27 | ‘ Hmm , this circle might interfere with any melodious resonances , but I suppose I could give you a rattle each to shake . ’ |
28 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
29 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
30 | Well reckon I 'd give it one if she asked nicely . |