Example sentences of "they would give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 2 | They would give them money and accept the little religious pictures or good luck messages that the shepherds handed out . |
| 3 | Whether the Bedford health authorities did not like this , I shall not know , but they would give me no help at all . |
| 4 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
| 5 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 6 | Er I never actually had any part in it but I heard tales about er the rivet boy in particular , the they would er they would give him a wage equivalent to what they thought was was a was a reasonable wage for him , because of the fact that they were on piece work , he had to see that the rivets there on time . |
| 7 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 8 | I tell you , if she was out in Hollywood they would send her to one of those beauty farms , where they starve them and batter them about and knock them into shape ; then they would give her a plastic nose , or make the one she 's got more pointed , put false eyelashes on her , give her hair an expert cut , and walla ! she 'd be a sensation . |
| 9 | Exercises : students decide if statements about the passage are true or false ; in small groups , they list , discuss , and tell each other what the woman will be doing tomorrow , and what she will have done by 5.30 ; they then discuss the woman 's feelings and decide what advice they would give her . |
| 10 | After some discussion , they felt that there was nothing else to be found on this site until the next ploughing and they would give it a miss until then . |
| 11 | Some screws were more lenient than others and you learned when you saw who came round to wake you up how much you had to hurry — whether it was one who 'd put you on report if you were one minute late or if they would give you five minutes ' grace . |
| 12 | and then gradually they would give you a wee bit say maybe the legs or something to do a er polish you know show you how to start you know , how to rubber and how to fold your the cotton wool . |
| 13 | ‘ And they would give us food , ’ said Libab . |
| 14 | What will basically happen is we would organize the clearance of footpaths within Southwell boundary , and so they would give us an amount of money each year and then we would er take on , we would nominate which footpaths are to be cleared , we have got far more ideas than they have in Nottingham need attention . |