Example sentences of "i to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’ |
| 2 | Thirty years they 've trained me to give nothing away and you can still read me like a book . ’ |
| 3 | Now I am suitably softened up , what more can you say to persuade me to give everything up to Benedict ? ’ |
| 4 | Like me to give them a ring ? |
| 5 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 6 | What do you want me to give him this time ? ’ |
| 7 | He wants me to give him his lunch back ! |
| 8 | He wanted me to give him ideas . |
| 9 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
| 10 | but he used , instead of him buying the wood or getting me to give him the money for the wood , he cannibalized the fucking wardrobes and used the sides and the |
| 11 | ‘ Maureen told me to give her just a small dose , and I did , ’ she said . |
| 12 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 13 | Bill can give , he can give it me to give her . |
| 14 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 15 | So why were you trying to con me to give me one of mine you little conniving |
| 16 | Questioning is by way of being a bargain : ‘ You are asking me to give something up ; well then , give me a good reason for doing so . ’ |
| 17 | When God comes and he asks me to give something , whether it 's my finance , whether it 's my time , whether it 's my , my abilities , whether it 's , even my life itself for him , he only asks because he has already done it . |
| 18 | I even hoped the Germans would overrun our positions and so allow me to give myself up as a prisoner . |
| 19 | Within minutes I was safely on board with my bag , leaving Mrs Knelle waving and asking me to give her good wishes to her friend in England . |
| 20 | Now , reflects Neneh , ‘ Naima and I are really like partners — she trusted me to give her strength and security , and I gained a life in my life — that 's been a complete life-saver a lot of the time . |
| 21 | She 'll want me to give her money for that wretched foundation of hers . ’ |
| 22 | In any case would not the right course require me to give his advice prima facie rather than pre-emptive force ? |
| 23 | As Eliot had allowed me to give his name as a reference , my appointment , in the face of a number of other young men hungry for employment and no doubt better qualified ( for I had neither teaching experience nor teaching qualifications ) , may well have owed much to him . |
| 24 | Sir J. Franklin desires me to give his compliments — he is in very good health & hopes you are the same . ’ |
| 25 | The following memorandum was presented by Vial , and read by the secretary : ‘ When the Members of the Veterinary College were occupied by objects to which I was in no wise competent I was absolutely silent — but now that it is a question to chuse [ sic ] a convenient situation for the establishment of the College , I think it a duty incumbent on me to give my advice on this important point . |
| 26 | Jim Rosenthal of ITV kept asking me to give my side of the story and in the end I did , appreciating the opportunity to put the record straight . |
| 27 | Respectfully waiting for me to give my orders . |
| 28 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
| 29 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 30 | ‘ She wants me to give it up and she 's really going to kick my tail this time , ’ he said . |