Example sentences of "i [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 2 | I asked to give him a lead . |
| 3 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
| 4 | ‘ I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’ |
| 5 | I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done . |
| 6 | Uncle says to nephew : ‘ I intend to give you my shares in the Super Company on your twenty-first birthday . |
| 7 | I vill give you a game of dominoes , and if you vin … vell , den I buy you a drink . |
| 8 | I got to give him to you hold it |
| 9 | I got to give you two eights . |
| 10 | I got to give you the cello . |
| 11 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 12 | When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it . |
| 13 | Camilla : I vow to give him up |
| 14 | Would I need to give you a lift home do you think ? |
| 15 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 16 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 17 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 18 | Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art . |
| 19 | ‘ I tried to give you time , ’ he groaned into her hair , then , with a moan of desire to match her own , she felt him return to her , and then all the rest was heaven . |
| 20 | My friend , you say only a merlan , I say give me your whiting and I will create a masterpiece — a soufflé de merlan à la Didier . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
| 22 | the reason I propose giving he has to do is come |
| 23 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
| 24 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 25 | 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 ? ’ |
| 26 | If people want to kill themselves , that 's their affair , but when they come here I want to give them food which will do them food rather than harm . |
| 27 | I want to give them back their life . ’ |
| 28 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
| 29 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 30 | 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 . |