Example sentences of "i give [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can I give my Right Honourable Friend two big thank-yous ! ’ , he cried , in a tone suggesting that he would like to accompany them with two big kisses . |
| 2 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |
| 3 | I give them extra food when they 're not flying , because there , s no need to keep them even slightly hungry . |
| 4 | I give them exact details of my weight , height and age , and when my periods stopped . |
| 5 | I give my usual answer : that it probably all happens as the bird is ‘ flying ’ at top speed underwater , and that the pressure of the water holds the fish already caught against the bird 's sharp mandibles while it snaps up another in a fraction of a second . |
| 6 | ‘ I give my personal guarantee that this production of Swan Lake will be as magical for children as it is for adults , ’ he wrote . |
| 7 | I give my hon. Friend that pledge with a great deal of enthusiasm . |
| 8 | I give my hon. Friend that assurance . |
| 9 | I give my hon. Friend the absolute assurance that the Government will continue to oppose it root and branch . |
| 10 | I give my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury an undertaking that we are committed to a terminal at King 's Cross , but we are not necessarily committed to the expensive and grandiose project , which seems to depend on property values that were optimistic three or four years ago and are hopelessly pessimistic now . |
| 11 | ‘ I give his little cars to my grandsons to play with and when I watch them playing I can see Brian as he was playing with them . |
| 12 | ‘ I give you good day , sir . |
| 13 | Where , no I ca n't see any , yeah but you can have green , there you go I give you green |
| 14 | I give you full authority to … escort the Morbihan flotilla as soon as it is ready to sail . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I give you full marks for a vivid imagination but … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I give you full marks for trying — your imagination does you credit — but you forget I 've had both you and Garry watched ; if there were two of you I would know . ’ |
| 17 | I give you fair warning there 'll be no more of that kind of rubbish when he gets back . ’ |
| 18 | You see , I give you fair warning . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Because , ’ he went on , ‘ I give you fair warning , not many people know me very well . |
| 20 | If so , I give you fair warning , this time I 'll play dirty if I have to . |
| 21 | I gave them false names , they checked my fingerprints and found out who I was . |
| 22 | At first I gave her oral sex while she was sitting in an armchair and then we had full sex with a condom . |
| 23 | ‘ I gave her short shrift . |
| 24 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 25 | You can just till I gave her special |
| 26 | I apoligise for putting a long list of questions to the Minister , but I gave him advance notice and I hope that he will answer most of them . |
| 27 | He did this with very little effort , and I gave him small wooden cubes so that he could make a cube to keep . |
| 28 | ‘ I gave him financial reasons . |
| 29 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 30 | So I gave him slack line and waited again . |