Example sentences of "if i [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devastated I may be , but I 'm damned if I 'll give her the satisfaction of hearing me beg for mercy . |
| 2 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 3 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 4 | I I 'm grateful Mr Deputy Speaker and I I will certainly er stay in order but the British electorate coming up to June the ninth and the European er elections will not know even if we pass these particular proposals tonight er in which constituencies they will be voting and if I may give an illustration as the honourable member for Truro did er er as far as his European constituency is concerned er the European constituency of Derbyshire Ashfield will d be divided into three different directions as the result of this particular order in council if we pass it tonight . |
| 5 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 6 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 7 | ‘ If I can give my fans enjoyment in some small way , that really makes what I do worthwhile . |
| 8 | ‘ If I can give my fans enjoyment in some small way , that really makes what I do worthwhile . ’ |
| 9 | We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening . |
| 10 | Er I do n't know if I can give xylophone cat , it 's a good erm |
| 11 | I do n't love you , but if I can give you happiness by just promising , then I will — consider — and promise — soon . |
| 12 | If I can give them to him , then perhaps he will leave you out of all this . |
| 13 | ‘ If I can give a player an extra metre it 's the difference between winning a ball and losing it . ’ |
| 14 | if I can give him that one . |
| 15 | It 's worthwhile it 's not just erm like , I do n't know if I can give you an example erm |
| 16 | Right if I can give Ken those to give out . |
| 17 | Right , so if I can give each of you one of these because that 's what I want to use these |
| 18 | Now what I 'm going to hand out to you in various packages er , on the diary , is you 're getting a two page per day diary , erm , and I will go through all of these things in detail , it just helps if I can give you an overview . |
| 19 | If I can give you an example . |
| 20 | If I can give one example : everyone knows there is a shortage of doctors . |
| 21 | If I can give you an example of what I 'm talking about , part of the information we receive of course is erm surface , weather reports taken by weather observers at all sorts of places across the face of the earth . |
| 22 | ‘ Still alive , and wanting to marry me again — as if I 'd give him the chance ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Yet today , if I must give reasons for the love-affair we all shared with Nigel , it is not difficult . |
| 24 | You would like , I daresay , if I could give you a clear and definite policy . |
| 25 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 26 | They have many caring initiatives and erm they 've been to York and they 've erm had marriage seminars er and they do an hel help with parenting er I just wonder if I could give the address of this so if anyone is interested |
| 27 | If I could give one of those women a supply of girdles … ’ |
| 28 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 29 | If I could give you just two very quick examples of what I mean , there is a proposal to reduce boarding out payments . |
| 30 | Three months is the maximum I can impose as you have never been in jail before , but if I could give you more , I would without hesitation . ’ |