Example sentences of "i [vb base] give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
| 2 | ‘ I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’ |
| 3 | I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done . |
| 4 | I vill give you a game of dominoes , and if you vin … vell , den I buy you a drink . |
| 5 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 6 | When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it . |
| 7 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 8 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
| 9 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |
| 10 | ‘ Please — I want to give you a message for Harriet Shakespeare . ’ |
| 11 | I want to give you a chance to put the record straight . |
| 12 | He took lots of notes and after three days he said , ‘ Raymond , I want to give you a check . |
| 13 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 14 | But er I hope to give you an idea for that . |
| 15 | I collect and season most of my wood , which I feel gives me a head start over the clinical pieces available at timber yards . ’ |
| 16 | Well , six fifty I got if for like , I try give him a six hundred and he ummed and ahhed and then he said well he said well I 'll take the six hundred he said , can you manage the hundred quid over the next five or six weeks ? |
| 17 | Being a member of the senior team that 's addressing those issues I think gives me a much broader job than I would otherwise have continued to enjoy . ’ |
| 18 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 19 | I 've given her a draught . |
| 20 | And , I 'd like to say that er , Diana er er , has been extremely helpful , and I 've given her a bit of he aid , in trying to raise that kind of money . |
| 21 | I 've had , I 've had two hundred pounds worth , I 've given her a cheque for two hundred pounds |
| 22 | It 's always the pressure that I give myself , and I 've given myself a lot of pressure this last year ’ , she revealed . |
| 23 | Well I 'm gon na come out , I said er , I 'm going to , I 'm gon na get well , I 've given myself a fortnight this weekend |
| 24 | I 've given him a couple of garters for his socks . |
| 25 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 26 | We 're gon na get em trained up in the garages before we actually launch , but they are able now to say they are approved installers so they will be getting all the stuff , everything in relation to it , I 've given em a list of the people involved in Nottinghamshire and it 's the launch is on the seventh March at West Bridgford , and basically the system is ready and up and running , thank the Lord after hard work by er Keith and us all at various times , but it 's been mainly down to Keith . |
| 27 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 28 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 29 | If you 're talking about learning theory , well I 've given you a few names . |
| 30 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |