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 . |