Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brochure also would have outlined a number of other aspects in in more detail than I could give you on the phone . |
| 2 | Thorfinn said , ‘ It deserves better than I can give it . |
| 3 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
| 4 | ‘ I 've to go to the bank , ’ he heard Mister Tom say , ‘ so I 'll give you a deposit , like . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I can see you 're having trouble talking at present , so I 'll give you a lead . |
| 6 | ‘ I owe him my life so I must give him my life . |
| 7 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If I can give them to him , then perhaps he will leave you out of all this . |
| 13 | if I can give him that one . |
| 14 | I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon . |
| 15 | It 's worthwhile it 's not just erm like , I do n't know if I can give you an example erm |
| 16 | Now what I 'm going to hand out to you in various packages er , on the diary , is you 're getting a two page per day diary , erm , and I will go through all of these things in detail , it just helps if I can give you an overview . |
| 17 | If I can give you an example . |
| 18 | If I can give you an example of what I 'm talking about , part of the information we receive of course is erm surface , weather reports taken by weather observers at all sorts of places across the face of the earth . |
| 19 | ‘ Still alive , and wanting to marry me again — as if I 'd give him the chance ! ’ |
| 20 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 21 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 22 | You would like , I daresay , if I could give you a clear and definite policy . |
| 23 | If I could give you just two very quick examples of what I mean , there is a proposal to reduce boarding out payments . |
| 24 | Three months is the maximum I can impose as you have never been in jail before , but if I could give you more , I would without hesitation . ’ |
| 25 | How do you think the retrospective scheme compensation scheme would actually work and if I could give you an example erm should it apply to all schemes which have been affected in the past er perhaps after a certain date or if you were going to make that decision , where would the cut-off date be , how far back would you go and what schemes would you look at Er if it 's gon na be retrospective ? |
| 26 | ‘ Now I ca n't wait until I can give her a big hug . ’ |
| 27 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 28 | I do n't , I mean , I have n't , I 'm not useless cos I can give you information we have here but I 'm not at that end I ca n't you see |
| 29 | Okay just so I can assess whether I can give you reduced cost advice under the legal aid system , are you working at all at the moment ? |
| 30 | ‘ I 've threatened to shut the hotel down before I 'll give them the 12 per cent they 're asking for . |