Example sentences of "i could [adv] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . |
| 2 | I kept starting new regimes , then finding I could n't give them up . |
| 3 | As I did n't know where Frank was and I could n't give them Alec Reynolds 's address , the Plod soon lost interest in me . |
| 4 | Grace commented , ‘ Robbie is a lovely dog and I could n't give him up now , but I would never have dreamt that rescuing a dog could cause me to lose my home . |
| 5 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 6 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 7 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , ’ the boy said , ‘ he was working up on the roof , so I could n't give it to him . |
| 9 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 10 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 11 | ‘ I told you I could n't give you love ! ’ |
| 12 | I 've got everything right , actually what I did and I could n't give you , I have n't got a clue , trigonometry , well I could n't tell you how to do it , I should |
| 13 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 15 | Regeneration 's still a major problem in Leeds , if I could just give you some some rough and ready figures chairman . |
| 16 | Okay if I could just give you a brief , a small diagram , okay |
| 17 | I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal . |
| 18 | If if we were walking down there now I think I could probably give you the er exact place where it was because I 've got a young memory of going in there , we used to er walk around the the you see . |
| 19 | But as he had , I could only give him the answer he needed , without knowing for sure whether it was true or not . |
| 20 | I could actually give you the exact figures er or or Mr but I wo n't give them at at the moment of the top of my head . |
| 21 | And I could actually give you , I mean I 've all I 've got is a cheque stub . |