Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’ |
| 2 | But I would have to give the money to him , mind . ’ |
| 3 | But I 'll have to give him a caution at least . |
| 4 | ‘ You talk about giving your mind a rest , sir , but I shall have to give my body a bit of a rest soon . |
| 5 | But I will try to give it up . |
| 6 | But you 'll have to give it all you 've got . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But you 'll have to give me time to think . ’ |
| 9 | How serious are you about being able to retire with some dignity and being able to continue doing the things you 've always wanted to er the things you 've been able to enjoy doing but you 'll have to give up . |
| 10 | Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single . |
| 11 | But who would want to give up their son ? ’ she said . |
| 12 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |