Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scream begins deep inside me , a scream coming through a big , empty place , deep as the Colca Canyon , arid as the Nazca Desert , where nothing can give it comfort . |
| 2 | ‘ Where you would give it her ? ’ |
| 3 | Shabby streets scattered with litter , full of houses where they 'd give you a bed and a bowl of cereal for a fiver , no questions asked . |
| 4 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
| 5 | Thorfinn said , ‘ It deserves better than I can give it . |
| 6 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
| 7 | ‘ I 've to go to the bank , ’ he heard Mister Tom say , ‘ so I 'll give you a deposit , like . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I can see you 're having trouble talking at present , so I 'll give you a lead . |
| 9 | ‘ I owe him my life so I must give him my life . |
| 10 | Amy 's three tomorrow , so she 'll give them to her tomorrow , she |
| 11 | Into Lucy 's keeping , so she could give it to him and with it , he could challenge the system that had tormented him and millions of the innocent . |
| 12 | He will be anxious to retain your custom so you might give him a try first . |
| 13 | The old woman turned back to her daughter , remarking belligerently , ‘ Kept her talking downstairs so you might give her a mean account of me , eh ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Ah , so you would give me a different opinion at Walworth ? ’ |
| 15 | Other people may keep talking at you as a means of reinforcing their relationship to you : ‘ I matter to you , so you must give me plenty of airtime . ’ |
| 16 | He 'll be in the office this week , so you should give him a call . |
| 17 | And , if you have n't been in a car before the driver drives , so you can give me what you owe . |
| 18 | However , if you feel the buyer 's going to present a business problem we show them the buyer 's guide and a business card so you can give them the buyer 's guide , explain what it 's for and then give them your business card and then that buyer 's guide to look for business card . |
| 19 | ‘ So you can give it to your wife-to-be before she gets too impatient ? ’ |
| 20 | As far as I could tell , the roof seemed to be consuming money faster than we could give it . |
| 21 | Except it might give him security . |
| 22 | Still , it sounded like a fascinating challenge , and she 'd never been to Sheffield before , so it would give her an opportunity to see another little bit of the world . |
| 23 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 24 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 25 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 26 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 27 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 28 | If I can give them to him , then perhaps he will leave you out of all this . |
| 29 | if I can give him that one . |
| 30 | I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon . |