Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] give [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I s do n't think I can give you a precise answer to that question er off the cuff Mr Colgan , I think we 'd have to let you have a note on those figures |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 anyway , this bloke says oh I 'll chase it up and I 'll see what 's going on , he says I 'll give you a ring in morning . |
| 6 | Well what I 'll do I 'll give him a call tomorrow night about eight o'clock . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing , save I 'd give him a chance . |
| 8 | If you like I 'll give you the addresses of a few girlfriends . |
| 9 | You can hear them from a long way now what you do is you sit them down and let them take up their own particular position , you can , if they 've got their medication their Ventilin or whatever , you can put it beside them , they will know if they need to take it or not , get them with the fresh air and let them take up their own position which is usually leaning forward so that it expands their lungs , talk to them about something different because sometimes well they 've got to think of what to answer you , it 's relaxing those tubes , now if they 're taking their medication and it does n't work within about five minutes get them to hospital , because the only people that really die with asthma are those that have taken medication and keep saying I 'll give it a few more minutes , give it a few more minutes and if they 're getting worse and worse they 're leaving it too long . |
| 10 | I 'm not saying I can give you a figure , all I can say is that originally identifiable will not be forthcoming now because some of this proposal is not meeting them . |
| 11 | ‘ Hmm , this circle might interfere with any melodious resonances , but I suppose I could give you a rattle each to shake . ’ |
| 12 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
| 13 | I guess I 'll give him a kick up the arse if he |
| 14 | I bet I 'll give you a bet Karen will win it . |
| 15 | really but seeing as I know her erm I thought I might give her a ring . |
| 16 | ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said . |
| 17 | He said hello , so I thought I 'd give him a try first . |
| 18 | When I met Tutankhamen I thought his clothes were a bit dull so I thought I 'd give him a shell suit yeah , maybe a baseball cap some Reebok pumps and a . |
| 19 | I thought I 'd give us a bit of cabbage last night . |
| 20 | Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things . |
| 21 | Oh I thought I 'd give it a try , why not ! |
| 22 | I thought I 'd give you a game tonight . |
| 23 | Anyhow , my father 's just taken her to the doctor 's , so I thought I 'd give you a ring . |
| 24 | Oh , I thought I 'd give you a chance to put on your |
| 25 | ‘ True , ’ said Hopper , ‘ but I thought I 'd give you the chance of testing for it … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I could give you a lift , ’ Molland said . |
| 27 | He must be sixty-something now … ya , I think I 'll give him a call . |
| 28 | I think I will give them a Brandenburg Concerto . ’ |
| 29 | I said I 'll give you a tenner to build it all for me . |
| 30 | I said I 'll give you a bed bath . |