Example sentences of "i [vb mod] give the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then I felt guilty about it , and felt I should give the money back . ’ |
| 2 | Or I might give the job to someone else . ’ |
| 3 | You give him three quid and I 'll give the rest in . |
| 4 | I 'll give the girl quarter of a grain of morphia dissolved in water and inject it to calm her down . |
| 5 | Write the questions on the sheet and I 'll give the sheet |
| 6 | " I 'll be back before dinner , but I think I 'll give the village concert a miss . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'll give the chess a miss if it 's all the same to you , Pete . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll give the toothpaste a miss , thanks . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll give the carving to Ana after dinner , señor , ’ she said in a rush , trying to get her mind to other things and seeking strict convention like a suit of armour . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give the missus one and give thanks at the same time , how 's that ? |
| 11 | When I 've finished these Bingo cards anyway I 'll , I 'll give the table a good tidy up so we 'll have more room |
| 12 | well I 'll give the commitment . |
| 13 | I 'll give the Salvation Army a ring and see if they can help you . |
| 14 | They have many caring initiatives and erm they 've been to York and they 've erm had marriage seminars er and they do an hel help with parenting er I just wonder if I could give the address of this so if anyone is interested |
| 15 | I 'd give the back row another chance to establish themselves . |
| 16 | If I knew how to make copies of myself , I 'm not sure that I would give the project high priority in competition with all the other things I want to do : why should I ? |
| 17 | A person who is prepared to be named — I shall give the information if called to do so — has told me about the discrimination on training in a trust hospital in Leeds . |
| 18 | I shall give the House a few examples . |
| 19 | In this brief speech , it is not appropriate for me to attempt that task but I shall give the House three examples of the sort of arrangements for which the Government should press in the second half of 1992 when we have an opportunity to carry them forward . |
| 20 | Then : ‘ For your sake , Sarah , I shall give the matter thought . |
| 21 | Otherwise — tonight , and I will give the call . |
| 22 | I will give the crown to my brother , and leave England . |
| 23 | amazed I actually did erm what happened erm I was happened to be upstairs and my wife shouted quick quick there 's a zither , so I zoomed down here and the lady was still talking to you and a dialled well consequently I did n't get through for quite some time but I did eventually , erm your lady on the reception said well it 's gone now she said but I will give the lady 's telephone number and I spoke to the lady and told her the position and she says well if it 's not collected by so time I 'll g ring you back and I said well I 've been after one for a long long time she said well I ca n't understand it cos I 've been advertising it . |
| 24 | ‘ I will take you back to the cage … and in the morning I will give the order that you are to be called by any name you want . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Since she can tell us no more , I will give the order for the embalmers to take her . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ As usual , I will give the hospital plenty of warning , ’ he added . |
| 27 | And what this means is that from now on the cla lectures will trail the classes , which , which does n't matter and is actually quite er a good thing in the sense that what will happen from now on is that we 'll first do a topic in the class and then I will give the lecture on it the week after , or possibly even two weeks after , which is okay because it means that then in the lecture I can concentrate on filling in the gaps , straightening out the misunderstandings and generally adding to what we did in the class , rather than leading as it were as I have up until now . |
| 28 | NOW that we have come back — with our half-used tubes of Factor 20 sun-cream , the remnants of a jar of Arnica ( for bruises ) , and the broken paper umbrella that decked my son 's wiener schnitzel for our last supper — I can give the lie to all those Doubting Thomases who said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster , not a holiday . |
| 29 | I do not think I can give the petitioner superior rights . |
| 30 | I can give the House no assurance about what the Soviet — |