Example sentences of "i give [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They ask : Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me ?
2 I give credit to the people of those regions who , as we have seen , are realising some of the follies of the past .
3 I give lectures in the autumn , I do quite a lot of management seminars and inspirational speaking at sales conferences .
4 I give space for others , and allow others ' plans to come before my own .
5 Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German .
6 I give breakfast to the patients . ’
7 But it so happens , you might say well all these years retired I ca n't be much good at the job , you 'll be interested to know that I give talks to groups which include retiring tax inspectors .
8 I confess that I give pride of place to the story of his children on the occasion they organised a charade displaying a Crusader knight returning from the wars .
9 In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes .
10 I give way to the hon. Gentleman , who is an endangered species on the Opposition Benches as he is one of the few who still speak their mind .
11 To get the balance right , I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Sir T. Taylor ) .
12 I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton , North-East ( Mrs. Hicks ) .
13 I am already beset by offers to interrupt my pearls of wisdom and , in deference to my good friend , I give way to the hon. Gentleman .
14 I give way to him .
15 I give way to the hon. Member for Uxbridge ( Mr. Shersby ) .
16 I give way to him so that he can enlighten us .
17 Er , if they do n't , the commencement will not take place and we will continue on the existing boundaries , that would , and I 'll give way to my honourable friend in a moment , that of course would create massive inconvenience , I see no er real reason why the other states er which have yet to ratify should not do so er but my honourable friend I think wanted to intervene with a further thought on this point so I give way to her .
18 I give way to the honourable gentlemen .
19 Er , I give way to my er ?
20 I give way to the honourable gentleman .
21 IT is difficult to say what " slowly " varying is until I give examples of " fast " varying phenomena .
22 I give value for money , I fight the best opponents in the world , ’ Eubank absurdly claimed afterwards .
23 One exercise I give classes in creative writing is to think of someone , Miss or Mr O'Connor , standing by a window reading a letter .
24 I give suggestions about savoury , sweet and fruit and vegetable dishes and also about food that will fit into the themes I have described .
25 Mr Ridley said : ‘ I give notice of our intention to pursue vigorously any claims which show prospects of reducing the cost to the public purse of these payments . ’
26 In view of that highly unsatisfactory and inadequate reply , I give notice of my intention to raise the matter on the Adjournment at the earliest opportunity .
27 Hence , I give notice of the item for Co-ordinators and hope people may give some preliminary thought about it .
28 I give thanks to the Lord that he has seen fit now to bless my long devotion to the wind .
29 To Timothy his dear dad great mercy and peace to you from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord I give thanks to the God of my forefathers who I worship with a clear conscience when I mention you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day .
30 When I think of my previous existence — of all I thought I could reasonably expect of the rest of my life , an allowed place at the extreme corner of someone 's drawing-room carpet , a Servant 's garret or no better , I give thanks for every little thing , which is unspeakably dear to me .
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