Example sentences of "but [pron] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing gave me the right to say it now . |
| 2 | But I give them a so then I saw Mrs on Tuesday when I was at Ashington . |
| 3 | I do n't , cos it ai n't polite with strangers , but I give her a real nice smile instead . |
| 4 | But I give her erm |
| 5 | But I give it back to er cos I have two pleadings bundles . |
| 6 | But I give you this pledge . |
| 7 | But I give you this pledge . |
| 8 | I am not going to go in to all the details , but I give you one example . |
| 9 | But I give you my undertaking , that the ideas will be pursued er at a later date . |
| 10 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 11 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 12 | I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement . |
| 15 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 16 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 17 | But I gave it to him you know . |
| 18 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 19 | It looks like smoked salmon and tastes like nothing on earth , but I gave it her the day before his next ward round . |
| 20 | But I gave it just the same . |
| 21 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 22 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 23 | But I gave you my word — nothing against your will . ’ |
| 24 | Dear God , but I gave you my heart and my very soul — ’ |
| 25 | No , I , I was gon na do it but I gave you that other half for Marie |
| 26 | What he relied on , I think , and what he always came back to was that ‘ natural ’ self which he did not understand nor at this stage want to understand , but which gave him his power . |
| 27 | Toughened glass is glass which has been heat treated to make it four to five times stronger than normal glass , but which gives it the characteristic that , should it break , it does so in harmless tiny fragments rather than the dangerous slivers associated with normal glass . |
| 28 | ‘ But you give him presents . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But you give me this , ’ he said , indicating his pullover , ‘ and these shorts . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but you gave me such a fright . |