Example sentences of "i give [noun sg] [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 space for others , and allow others ' plans to come before my own . |
| 4 | ‘ I give breakfast to the patients . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To get the balance right , I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Sir T. Taylor ) . |
| 9 | I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton , North-East ( Mrs. Hicks ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I give way to him . |
| 12 | I give way to the hon. Member for Uxbridge ( Mr. Shersby ) . |
| 13 | I give way to him so that he can enlighten us . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I give way to the honourable gentlemen . |
| 16 | Er , I give way to my er ? |
| 17 | I give way to the honourable gentleman . |
| 18 | ‘ I give value for money , I fight the best opponents in the world , ’ Eubank absurdly claimed afterwards . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Hence , I give notice of the item for Co-ordinators and hope people may give some preliminary thought about it . |
| 22 | ‘ My dear boy , ’ he said , ‘ the choice is between feeding your mind or their bodies : I give priority to the former . ’ |
| 23 | Parking the pram I gave chase to the poor beast who , alarmed by my savage roar of maternal fury , had bolted . |
| 24 | On the night of 20–21 April 1808 I gave birth to a son . |
| 25 | She did n't tell me what I was doing , so all right , I pushed , and I gave birth to the afterbirth and thought , Oh , that 's why she wanted me to push . |
| 26 | Every little thing concerning Jacob turned into a private battle between Rachel and I. When I gave birth to Reuben , I believed that my husband must love me for giving him a son . |
| 27 | I gave birth at the University Hospital . |
| 28 | I gave warning in 1987 that it is part of Gorbachev 's character to search for absolute personal power . |
| 29 | ’ ‘ Oh dear-was it somebody I gave permission to ? ’ asked Ianthe . |
| 30 | I am aware of that provision , to which I was referring before I gave way to my right hon. Friend — and I hope that it will be widely understood by parents throughout the country . |